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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. |
Com⋅merce
[kom-ers] –noun
| a town in SW California. 10,509. |
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| com·merce (kŏm'ərs) n.
[French, from Old French, from Latin commercium : com-, com- + merx, merc-, merchandise.] |
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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.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Commerce
The buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale.
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Commerce is done between businesses, individuals, countries, and so on.
Related Links
An Exploration of the Development of the Market
Understanding Supply-Side Economics
See also: Collaborative Commerce - C-commerce, Electronic Commerce - eCommerce
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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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