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com⋅merce

[kom-ers]
–noun
1. an interchange of goods or commodities, esp. on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce); trade; business.
2. social relations, esp. the exchange of views, attitudes, etc.
3. sexual intercourse.
4. intellectual or spiritual interchange; communion.
5. (initial capital letter) Also called Commerce Department. Informal. the Department of Commerce.

Origin:
1530–40; < MF < L commercium, equiv. to commerc(ārī) to trade together (com- com- + mercārī to buy, deal, deriv. of merc-, s. of merx goods) + -ium -ium


1. See trade.

Com⋅merce

[kom-ers]
–noun
a town in SW California. 10,509.
com·merce   (kŏm'ərs)   
n.  
  1. The buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale, as between cities or nations. See Synonyms at business.
  2. Intellectual exchange or social interaction.
  3. Sexual intercourse.

[French, from Old French, from Latin commercium : com-, com- + merx, merc-, merchandise.]

Commerce

Com"merce\, n.

Note: (Formerly accented on the second syllable.) [F. commerce, L. commercium; com- + merx, mercis, merchandise. See Merchant.]

1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

The public becomes powerful in proportion to the opulence and extensive commerce of private men. --Hume.

2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.

Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser. --Macaulay.

3. Sexual intercourse. --W. Montagu.

4. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade. --Hoyle.

Chamber of commerce. See Chamber.

Syn: Trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange; communion; communication.

Commerce

Com*merce"\ (? or ?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commerced; p>. pr. & vb. n. Commercing.] [Cf. F. commercer, fr. LL. commerciare.]

1. To carry on trade; to traffic. [Obs.]

Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. --B. Jonson.

2. To hold intercourse; to commune. --Milton.

Commercing with himself. --Tennyson.

Musicians . . . taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven. --Prof. Wilson.
Language Translation for : commerce
Spanish: comercio,
German: der Handel,
Japanese: 商業

commerce 
1537, from M.Fr. commerce, from L. commercium "trade, trafficking," from com- "together" + merx (gen. mercis) "merchandise" (see market). Commercial is 1687 as an adj.; as a noun meaning "advertising broadcast on radio or TV" it is first recorded 1935.

Commerce

The buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale.

Investopedia Commentary

Commerce is done between businesses, individuals, countries, and so on.

Related Links

An Exploration of the Development of the Market
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See also: Collaborative Commerce - C-commerce, Electronic Commerce - eCommerce


Main Entry: com·merce
Function: noun
1 : the exchange or buying and selling of goods, commodities, property, or services esp. on a large scale and involving transportation from place to place : TRADE 2 —see also COMMERCE CLAUSE Fair Labor Standards Act in the IMPORTANT LAWS section
2 : the act of engaging in sexual intercourse
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