commerce

Betekenis (Engels)

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. (obsolete) 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 conversation; to communicate.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkɒm.əs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium.

Sinne

Roman commerce allowed its empire to flourish and endure .