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commerce

1

[ kom-ers ]

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.
  3. sexual intercourse.
  4. intellectual or spiritual interchange; communion.
  5. (initial capital letter) Also called Commerce Department. Informal. the Department of Commerce.


Commerce

2

[ kom-ers ]

noun

  1. a town in SW California.

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of commerce1

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of commerce1

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

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Synonym Study

See trade.

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Example Sentences

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.

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.

The relation existing between the balmy plant and the commerce of the world is of the strongest kind.

The carrying of these heavy government debts is a question of the future production of goods, of commerce, and of saving.

All the other boarders are very young men, almost boys, who are here to learn German or commerce.

These facts are without a doubt among the most curious that commerce presents.

There are at least two hundred kinds of snuff well known in commerce.

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