commerce
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle French commerce < Latin commercium (“‘commerce, trade’”) < com- (“‘together’”) + merx (“‘good, wares, merchandise’”); see merchant, mercenary
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA:
- US: /ˈkɑ.mɝs/
- UK: /ˈkɒ.mɜs/ (Formerly accented on the second syllable.)
- Audio (US)help, file
[edit] Noun
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commerce (uncountable)
- (business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.
- 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.
- Macaulay:
- Sexual intercourse.
- A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
[edit] Synonyms
- trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange; communion; communication.
- See also Wikisaurus:sexual intercourse
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[edit] Verb
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to commerce (third-person singular simple present commerces, present participle commercing, simple past and past participle commerced)
- (dated) To carry on trade; to traffic.
- Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. -B. Jonson.
- (dated) To hold intercourse; to commune.
- Commercing with himself. -Tennyson.
- Musicians ... taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven. -Prof. Wilson.
[edit] External links
- commerce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- commerce in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin commercium; com- + merx, mercis, merchandise.
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[edit] Noun
commerce m. (plural commerces)

