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commerce

com·merce

UK/ˈkɒ.mɜːs/ US/kəˈmɜːs/ fairly common

noun

1.

transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

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2.

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

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3.

social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.

Phrases

  • chamber of commerce
  • Commerce City
  • commerce destroyer
  • commerce raider
  • commerce raiding
  • conversational commerce

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