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
1synonym study For commerce
Other definitions for Commerce (2 of 2)
a town in SW California.
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How to use commerce in a sentence
It is not your purses that suffer, your farm rents, your commerces, your mill revenues—loud as ye lament over these things.
Platform Monologues | T. G. Tucker
British Dictionary definitions for commerce
/ (ˈkɒmɜːs) /
the activity embracing all forms of the purchase and sale of goods and services
social relations and exchange, esp of opinions, attitudes, etc
Origin of commerce
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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