commerce > define

noun

• Transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services.
  • synonyms: commercialism, mercantilism
• The United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913.
  • synonyms: Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, DoC
• Social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.. .

• (n.) Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
• (v.i.) To carry on trade; to traffic.
• (n.) A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter or trade.
• (n.) Sexual intercourse.
• (n.) 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.
• (v.i.) To hold intercourse; to commune.