commerce

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

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

Synonyms: business, marketplace, trade, traffic

Antonyms: nonintercourse

Related Words: free trade; black market, gray market; dealings, horse-trading; e-tail, merchandising, retailing, wholesaling; bartering

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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