commerce (noun)
11commerce — noun 1》 the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale. 2》 dated social dealings between people. 3》 archaic sexual intercourse. Origin C16: from Fr., or from L. commercium trade, trading , based on merx, merc merchandise …
12commerce — noun Syn: trade, trading, business, dealing, buying and selling, traffic, trafficking …
13commerce raider — noun see raider I …
14Commerce Clause — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I · …
15Commerce, California — City of Commerce   City   Images, from top, left to right: Citadel Outlets, Rosewood Park Aquatorium, Commerce Casino, Civic Center …
16chamber of commerce — noun an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑association * * * noun, pl chambers of commerce [count] : a group of businesspeople who work together to try to help businesses in their town or… …
17commerce — /ˈkɒmɜs / (say komers) noun 1. interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce or internal commerce); trade;… …
18commerce — 1. noun a) 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. Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with… …
19commerce — [16] Commerce is etymologically related to market, merchandise, merchant, and mercury. It comes, perhaps via French commerce, from Latin commercium ‘trade’, a compound noun formed from the collective prefix com ‘together’ and merx ‘merchandise’.… …
20commerce — [16] Commerce is etymologically related to market, merchandise, merchant, and mercury. It comes, perhaps via French commerce, from Latin commercium ‘trade’, a compound noun formed from the collective prefix com ‘together’ and merx ‘merchandise’.… …
