commerce

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/social">Social class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/intercourse">intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity. Source: opted

3. n. Sexual intercourse. Source: opted

4. n. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade. Source: opted

5. v. i. To carry on trade; to traffic. Source: opted

6. v. i. To hold intercourse; to commune. Source: opted

7. n. 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 Source: wordnet

8. n. transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) Source: wordnet

9. n. social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc. Source: wordnet

10. 1. 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. The public becomes powerful in proportion to the opulence and extensive commerce of private men. Hume. 2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity. Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser. Macaulay. 3. Sexual intercourse. W. Montagu. 4. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade. Hoyle. Chamber of commerce. See Chamber. Syn. -- Trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange; communion; communication. 1. To carry on trade; to traffic. [Obs.] Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. B. Jonson. 2. To hold intercourse; to commune. Milton. Commercing with himself. Tennyson. Musicians . . . taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven. Prof. Wilson. Source: webster

11. n:100 n. transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) n. social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc. Source: ecdict

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