Commerce
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English
Noun
Commerce (uncountable)- (business) 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.
- Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
- A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
Adjectives for Commerce
nascent; enlarged; farflung; unsullied; peaceful; nourishing; lawless; enhanced; expanding; international; vast; increasing; interstate; long-established; petty.
Verbs for Commerce
blockade—; derange—; develop—; encour¬age—; engage in—; hinder—; imperil—; insure—; interchange—; invade—; join in—; levy on—; negotiate—; open—; profit by—; protect—; regulate—; restrict—; route—; safeguard—; stimulate—; stint—; subsidize—; traffic in—; —dwindles; —flourishes; —transports; —wanes.
Synonyms for Commerce
Derived terms
Thesaurus
business, carnal knowledge, climax, cohabitation, coition, coitus, coitus interruptus, collegiality, communication, communion, community, concern, concernment, congress, connection, contact, conversation, converse, copula, copulation, correspondence, coupling, dealing, dealings, diddling, employ, employment, enterprise, exchange, fellowship, fornication, function, industry, information, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interest, interplay, intimacy, labor, linguistic intercourse, lookout, lovemaking, making it with, marital relations, marketing, marriage act, mating, matter, meat, mercantilism, merchandising, message, occupation, onanism, orgasm, ovum, pareunia, procreation, relations, reply, response, screwing, service, sex, sex act, sexual climax, sexual commerce, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relations, sexual union, sleeping with, social activity, social intercourse, social relations, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, sperm, takeoff, talking, telepathy, thing, touch, trade, traffic, trafficking, truck, two-way communication, undertaking, venery, work
Etymology
From Middle French commerce < Latin commercium (“commerce, trade”) < com- (“together”) + merx (“good, wares, merchandise”); see merchant, mercenary
Pronunciation
- IPA:
- US: /ˈkɑ.mɝs/
- UK: /ˈkɒ.mɜs/ (Formerly accented on the second syllable.)
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French
Etymology
From Middle French commerce < Latin commercium (“commerce, trade”) < com- (“together”) + merx (“good, wares, merchandise”); see merchant, mercenary.
Pronunciation
Noun
Commerce m. (plural Commerces)
