commerce

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium (commerce, trade), from com- (together) + merx (good, wares, merchandise); see merchant, mercenary

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA:
    • US: /ˈkɑ.mɝs/
    • UK: /ˈkɒ.mɜs/ (Formerly accented on the second syllable.)
  • (file)
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Noun [edit]

commerce (uncountable)

  1. (business) 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. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
    • Macaulay:
      Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.
  3. Sexual intercourse.
  4. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

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Verb [edit]

commerce (third-person singular simple present commerces, present participle commercing, simple past and past participle commerced)

  1. (dated) To carry on trade; to traffic.
    Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. -B. Jonson.
  2. (dated) To hold intercourse; to commune.
    Commercing with himself. -Tennyson.
    Musicians ... taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven. -Prof. Wilson.

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium (commerce, trade), from com- (together) + merx (good, wares, merchandise); see merchant, mercenary.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (file)

Noun [edit]

commerce m (plural commerces)

  1. commerce, trade
  2. store, shop, trader

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