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commerce

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) commerce (noun)
  2. 2) commerce (verb)
  3. chamber of commerce
  4. e-commerce (noun)
  5. m-commerce (noun)
  6. hors commerce (foreign term)
  7. dumb barter (noun)

1com·merce

noun \ˈkä-(ˌ)mərs\

Definition of COMMERCE

1
: social intercourse : interchange of ideas, opinions, or sentiments
2
: the exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large scale involving transportation from place to place
3
: sexual intercourse
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Examples of COMMERCE

  1. He was the Secretary of Commerce under the last President.
  2. <a government agency in charge of regulating interstate commerce>

Origin of COMMERCE

Middle French, from Latin commercium, from com- + merc-, merx merchandise
First Known Use: 1537

Related to COMMERCE

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Other Business Terms

amortize, caveat emptor, clearinghouse, divest, due diligence, emolument, green-collar, marque, overhead, perquisite

Rhymes with COMMERCE

adverse, amerce, asperse, averse, coerce, converse, cutpurse, disburse, disperse, diverse, dry nurse, free verse, immerse, inverse, Nez Percé, obverse, perverse, rehearse, reverse, scrub nurse, sesterce, submerse, transverse, traverse, wet nurse

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