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com·merce (käm′ərs; for v., kə mʉrs′)

noun

  1. the buying and selling of goods, esp. when done on a large scale between cities, states, or countries; trade
  2. social intercourse
  3. Rare sexual intercourse

Etymology: Fr < L commercium < com-, together + merx, merchandise: see market

intransitive verb commerced -·merced′, commercing -·merc′·ing

Archaic to have personal dealings (with)

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commerce Synonyms

commerce

n.

buying and selling, trade, business, dealing; see business 1, economics. See syn. study at business.


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commerce Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • conduct: Combine that with complete anonymity and it spells big trouble for any business conducting online commerce.

Adjective modifier

  • interstate: If the goods are to be shipped in interstate commerce, federal regulation of interstate commerce will apply.

Modifies a noun

  • evans: Change is off commerce secretary evans we would expect.

Noun used with modifier

  • e: Develop methods for managing change within the e commerce context.
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commerce quotes

In matters of commerce The fault of the Dutch Is offering too little And asking too much.

-Canning, George

   The poets of commerce.

-Greyser, Stephen A

The effect of trade and commerce with respect to most civilized states is to send out of their countries what the poor, that is, the great mass of mankind, have occasion for, and to bring back, in return, what is consumed almost wholly bya small part of those nations, viz. the rich. Hence it appears that the greater part of manufactures, trade and commerce is highly injurious to the poor as being the chief means of depriving them of the necessaries of life.

-Hall, Charles

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