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1. (n.) commerce
an interchange of goods or commodities between different countries or between areas of the same country; trade.
2. commerce
social relations, esp. the exchange of views, attitudes, etc.
3. commerce
sexual intercourse.
Etymology: (1530–40; < MF < L commercium <com-+mercārī to buy <merx goods)
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| Definition of 'COMMERCE' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
2. (noun) Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC
the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913
3. (noun) commerce
social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
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1. (noun) commerce
buying and selling goods and services
interstate commerce
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| Definition of 'COMMERCE' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) COMMERCE
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
2. (noun) COMMERCE
social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity
3. (noun) COMMERCE
sexual intercourse
4. (noun) COMMERCE
a round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade
5. (verb) COMMERCE
to carry on trade; to traffic
6. (verb) COMMERCE
to hold intercourse; to commune
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| Definition of 'COMMERCE' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. COMMERCE
The interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale, between different countries or between populations within the same country. It includes trade (the buying, selling, or exchanging of commodities, whether wholesale or retail) and business (the purchase and sale of goods to make a profit). (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p411, p2005 & p283)
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Sense: the exchange of goods between nations or people; trade on a large scale
He is engaged in commerce.
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 Afrikaans: handel |
 Arabic: تِجارَه |
 Bulgarian: търговия |
 Brazilian: comércio |
 Czech: obchod(ování) |
 German: der Handel |
 Danish: handel |
 Greek: εμπόριο |
 Spanish: comercio |
 Estonian: kaubavahetus, kaubandus |
 Farsi: تجارت؛ بازرگانی |
 Finnish: kaupankäynti |
 French: commerce |
 Hebrew: מִסְחָר |
 Hindi: वाणिज्य |
 Croatian: trgovina |
 Hungarian: kereskedelem |
 Indonesian: perdagangan |
 Icelandic: verslun, viðskipti |
 Italian: commercio |
 Japanese: 商業 |
 Korean: 상업 |
 Lithuanian: prekyba, komercija |
 Latvian: komercija; tirdzniecība |
 Malay: perdagangan |
 Dutch: handel |
 Norwegian: handel |
 Polish: handel |
 Persian: تجارت؛ بازرگانی |
 Pashto: سودا ګرى، تجارت، معامله |
 Portuguese: comércio |
 Romanian: comerţ |
 Russian: коммерция |
 Slovak: obchod |
 Slovenian: trgovina |
 Serbian: trgovina |
 Swedish: handel, varuutbyte |
 Thai: การค้าขายสินค้า |
 Turkish: ticaret |
 Taiwanese: 貿易，商業 |
 Ukrainian: торгівля, комерція |
 Urdu: تجارت |
 Vietnamese: thương mại |
 Chinese: 贸易 |
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