commerce

[ kom-ers ]
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noun
  1. an interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce ) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce ); trade; business.

  2. social relations, especially the exchange of views, attitudes, etc.

  1. sexual intercourse.

  2. intellectual or spiritual interchange; communion.

  3. (initial capital letter)Also called Commerce Department. Informal. the Department of Commerce.

Origin of commerce

1
First recorded in 1530–40; from Middle French, from Latin commercium, from commerc(ārī) “to trade together” (from com- com- + mercārī “to buy, deal, trade,” verb derivative of merc-, stem of merx “commodity, goods, merchandise”) + -ium -ium

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1. See trade.

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Commerce
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noun
  1. a town in SW California.

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British Dictionary definitions for commerce

commerce

/ (ˈkɒmɜːs) /


noun
  1. the activity embracing all forms of the purchase and sale of goods and services

  2. social relations and exchange, esp of opinions, attitudes, etc

Origin of commerce

1
C16: from Latin commercium trade, from commercārī, from mercārī to trade, from merx merchandise

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