[しょうにんかたぎ, shouninkatagi] (n) mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mercenary \Mer"ce*na*ry\, a. [OE. mercenarie, F. mercenaire, fr.
L. mercenarius, fr. merces wages, reward. See {Mercy}.]
1. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling;
venal; as, mercenary soldiers.
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2. Hence: Moved primarily by considerations of pay or profit;
greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. --Shak.
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For God forbid I should my papers blot
With mercenary lines, with servile pen. --Daniel.
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Syn: See {Venal}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mercenary \Mer"ce*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Mercenaries}.
One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired
into foreign service. --Milman.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mercenary
adj 1: marked by materialism [syn: {materialistic}, {mercenary},
{worldly-minded}]
2: serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers"
[syn: {mercenary(a)}, {free-lance(a)}, {freelance(a)}]
3: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile
and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary
enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [syn: {mercantile},
{mercenary}, {moneymaking(a)}]
n 1: a person hired to fight for another country than their own
[syn: {mercenary}, {soldier of fortune}]
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