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commerce
commerce
noun
Definition of COMMERCE
1
the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different places <a government agency in charge of regulating interstate commerce>
Related Words free trade; black market, gray market; dealings, horse-trading; e-tail, merchandising, retailing, wholesaling; bartering
2
doings between individuals or groups <when I was doing outside consulting for the company, I never had much commerce with the in-house staff>
Antonyms nonintercourse
3
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis <rumors of commerce between the lady and the knight spread throughout the court>
Synonyms coition, coitus, commerce, congress, copulating, copulation, coupling, intercourse, lovemaking, mating, relations, sex, sex act, sexual relations
Related Words fornication; safe sex; carnality, sexuality; breeding, insemination; dalliance, hanky-panky, whoopee
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