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Commerce

/kɒˈmɜːs/

The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

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📖 Definitions of "Commerce"

noun

1
The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.
2
Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
3
Sexual intercourse.
4
An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

verb

1
To carry on trade; to traffic.
2
To hold intercourse; to commune.

🔄 Synonyms of "Commerce"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
mercantilismnoun	(historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.
commercialismnoun	A tendency to value profit over everything else.
commerce departmentnoun	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
department of commerce	a department of the Government of Western Australia.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Commerce"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
commercialismnoun	A tendency to value profit over everything else.
mercantilismnoun	(historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.
commerce departmentnoun	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
department of commerce	a department of the Government of Western Australia.
marketnoun	Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
tradenoun	(uncountable) The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
businessnoun	(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
brokeringnoun	The act of one who brokers; mediation.
retailnoun	(business) The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them.
tradingnoun	The carrying on of trade.
salenoun	An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
economynoun	The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
merchandisingnoun	(originally US) The promotion of goods for sale in a store, especially through advertising, attractive displays, discounts, etc.; also (generally), the promotion of any goods or services for sale.
merchantnoun	A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
dealingnoun	One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with others.
marketingnoun	(uncountable) The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.
exchangenoun	An act of exchanging or trading.
shoppingnoun	The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.
e-commercenoun	(Internet, business) Commercial activity conducted via the Internet.
shopnoun	An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.