commerce
- 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.
- social relations, especially the exchange of views, attitudes, etc.
- sexual intercourse.
- intellectual or spiritual interchange; communion.
- (initial capital letter) Also called Commerce Department. Informal. the Department of Commerce.
Origin of commerce
Synonym study
Commerce
- a town in SW California.
Related Words for commerce
business, exchange, marketing, industry, economics, trade, traffic, dealings, truck, merchandising, dealing, wholesalingExamples from the Web for commerce
Contemporary Examples of commerce
This is the Mexico that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and most major U.S. corporations, are eager to call amigo.
“If Charleston harbor needs improvement, let the commerce of Charleston bear the burden,” he said.
Spar has a new book titled The Baby Business: How Money, Science and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception.
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human ReproductionEleanor Clift
November 24, 2014
E.g., the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent $136.3 million lobbying in 2012 and $74.7 million in 2013.
Following the collapse of the Roman Empire, all of Europe faltered as trade and commerce dried up.
Historical Examples of commerce
It remained throughout these many changes an important center of commerce.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
The former is engaged in commerce and the latter is the popular member for Leeds.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
Commerce crowds our rivers and rails, our skies, harbors, and highways.
Through the centuries of war men have only played at commerce.
The Call of the Twentieth CenturyDavid Starr Jordan
Commerce follows the flag only when the flag flies on merchant ships.
The Call of the Twentieth CenturyDavid Starr Jordan
commerce
- the activity embracing all forms of the purchase and sale of goods and services
- social relations and exchange, esp of opinions, attitudes, etc