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>

Synonyms business, marketplace, trade, traffic

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>

Synonyms commerce, dealings, interaction, intercourse

Related Words interrelationship; cross-fertilization, cross-pollination; companionship, company

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