COMMERCIAL BUILDING

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COMMERCIAL BUILDING

Specialty Definition: COMMERCIAL BUILDING

Domain	Definition
Energy	A building with more than 50 percent of its floor space used for commercial activities, which include stores, offices, schools, churches, libraries, museums, health care facilities, warehouses, and government buildings except those on military bases. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: COMMERCIAL BUILDING

Domain	Title
References	Commercial Building Security Systems in Taiwan: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Solar House: A Guide to Solar Energy Utilisation in Domestic, Industrial and Commercial Building. Tr by P.A. Cummins. Tr of Haus Und Sonnenkraft (115p (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Commercial Building Cost Guide - Us Ed (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: COMMERCIAL BUILDING

Photo Album: COMMERCIAL BUILDING

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Architectural drawing for a commercial building ("Building for Merchandizing"), Hollywood, California. Credit: Library of Congress.		Brick commercial building, Sacco and Vanzetti Street #1(late 19th century), Tobol'sk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: COMMERCIAL BUILDING

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Japan	Note: The above statistics include residential and commercial building products and are unofficial estimates. (references)
	Hong Kong	These efforts include establishing the US$25 million Fire Safety Improvement Loan Scheme to help commercial building owners improve their fire safety. (references)
	Japan	The total Japanese residential and commercial building products market has been declining because of the Japan's prolonged economic slump and the market decline may continue over the next few years. (references)
Travel	Oman	Except for governmental offices, most commercial building signs and road signs are in Arabic and English. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: COMMERCIAL BUILDING

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
commercial building	134	commercial building code	14
commercial building plan	52	commercial building insurance	10
commercial building for sale	32	commercial building material	8
modular commercial building	23	commercial building maintenance	7
commercial building loan	19	commercial building blue print	6
commercial building financing	15	commercial building product	5
commercial building for lease	14	commercial building cost	5
commercial building services	14	commercial building floor plan	4
commercial building design	14	commercial building inspection	4
commercial building contractor	14	commercial building construction	4
		commercial building supply	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: COMMERCIAL BUILDING

Language		Translations for "COMMERCIAL BUILDING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Portuguese		prédio comercial (office building), edifício comercial. (various references)

Spanish		edificio comercial (block). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Images: Slideshow
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Bibliography

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