Lewis Short
mercātūra (noun F) : mercor
* Trade, traffic, commerce (class.).
* Lit.: mercatura autem, si tenuis est, sordida putanda est; sin magna et copiosa, non est admodum vituperanda,Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151: mercaturas facere,to follow the pursuits of trade,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72.
* Trop.: ad quos cum tanquam ad mercaturam bonarum artium sis profectus, to the purchase of, etc., Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6: utilitatum,id. N. D. 1, 44, 122.
* Transf., goods, wares, merchandise (ante-Aug.), Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 51.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary