commerce

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
4. (countable, uncountable) An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

Verb

1. (archaic, intransitive) To carry on trade; to traffic.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To hold conversation; to communicate.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒm.əs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.

Synonyms

trade

business

traffic

buying and selling

trading

transaction

dealings

deal

sale

commercialism

buy and sell

market

do business

mercantilism

intercourse

industry

barter

vend

transact

exchange

bargain

occupation

marketing

contact

selling

dealing

doing business

business deal

traffic in

interaction

sales

association

biz

business enterprise

buy

🛍️

commercial

commercialization

commercial law

commercial transaction

commune

communion

confer

copulation

cross-fertilisation

cross-fertilization

discuss

interplay

merchandise

merchant

agricultural trade

Translations

commerce

comercio

Handel

commercio

comércio

handel

comerç

εμπόριο

handel

Geschäft

koopmanschap

nering

ticaret

commercie

تجارة

Sentences

It reported to both the State Department and the Department of Commerce .

It is widely used as a language of trade and commerce .

Roman commerce allowed its empire to flourish and endure .