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commerce

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com·merce  (kmrs)
n.
1. The buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale, as between cities or nations. See Synonyms at business.
2. Intellectual exchange or social interaction.
3. Sexual intercourse.

[French, from Old French, from Latin commercium : com-, com- + merx, merc-, merchandise.]

commerce
Noun
1. the buying and selling of goods and services
2. Literary social relations [Latin commercium]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.commercecommerce - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
trading - buying or selling securities or commodities
trade - the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services; "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"; "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"
e-commerce - commerce conducted electronically (as on the internet)
interchange, exchange - reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"
initial offering, initial public offering, IPO - a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
shipping, transport, transportation - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
carriage trade - trade from upper-class customers
transaction, dealing, dealings - the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me"
importation, importing - the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
exporting, exportation - the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
marketing - the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service; "most companies have a manager in charge of marketing"
distribution - the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
marketing, merchandising, selling - the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
traffic - buying and selling; especially illicit trade
defrayal, defrayment, payment - the act of paying money
evasion, nonpayment - the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"
usance - the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
commercialise, commercialize, market - make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"
buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
take - buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
get - purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"
clear - sell; "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"
turn - get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"
negociate - sell or discount; "negociate securities"
sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"
sell short - sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit
remainder - sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books"
resell - sell (something) again after having bought it
deaccession - sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works; "The museum deaccessioned several important works of this painter"
fob off, foist off, palm off - sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
realise, realize - convert into cash; of goods and property
auction, auction off, auctioneer - sell at an auction
sell, trade, deal - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
transact - conduct business; "transact with foreign governments"
deal - sell; "deal hashish"
retail - sell on the retail market
wholesale - sell in large quantities
liquidize, sell out, sell up - get rid of all one's merchandise
2.commerceCommerce - 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
executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather
Technology Administration - an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth
Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office - the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones
3.commerce - social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
Translations

commerce [ˈkɔməːs] ncomercio
commerce [ˈkɔməːs] ncommerce m
commerce [ˈkɔməːs] nHandel m
commerce [ˈkɔməːs] ncommercio

commerce
n commerce [ˈkoməːs]
the exchange of goods between nations or people; trade on a large scale He is engaged in commerce.handelتِجارَهтърговияobchod(ování)handelder Handelεμπόριοcomerciokaubavahetus, kaubandusتجارت؛ بازرگانیkaupankäynticommerceמִסְחָרवाणिज्यtrgovinakereskedelemperdaganganverslun, viðskipticommercio商業상업prekyba, komercijakomercija; tirdzniecībaperdaganganhandelhandelhandelcomércioco­merţкоммерцияobchodtrgovinatrgovinahandel, varuutbyteการค้าขายสินค้าticaret貿易торгівля, комерціяتجارتthương mại
adj commercial [kəˈməːʃəl]
1 connected with commerce Private cars are allowed to use this road but not commercial vehicles.kommersiëleتِجاريтърговскиobchodní, užitkovéerhvervsmæssig; handels-; forretningsmæssigGeschäfts-...εμπορικόςcomercialkauba-, kaubanduslikبازرگانیkauppa-, kaupallinencommercialמִסְחָרִיव्यापारिकtrgovinski, trgovačkikereskedelmikomersialviðskipta-commerciale商業の상업상의prekybinis, krovininiskomerciāls; tirdzniecības-kenderaan perdaganganhandels-handels-, forretnings-, kommersiellhandlowycomercialco­mercialгрузовойobchodnýtrgovskikomercijalankommersiell, yrkesmässigเกี่ยวกับการค้าticarî商務的торговельний, комерційнийتجارتیthuộc thương mại
2 (likely to be) profitable a commercial proposition.handelمُربح تِجاريّاкомерсиаленobchodnickýindbringendekaufmännischεμπορικός, επικερδήςrentabletulusسودمندtuottoisad'affairesמִסְחָרִיव्यवसायिकposlovninyereségesmenguntungkanvænlegurcommerciale営利の영리적인pelningas, pelną žadantisrentablsmembawa keuntunganzakelijk(trolig) innbringende, kommersiellkorzystny, dochodowyrentávelprofitabil, comercialкоммерческийobchodníckydonosenposlovniaffärsmässigซึ่งมีจุดประสงค์เพื่อหวังกำไรkârlı獲利的вигіднийامکانی طور پر منافع بخشcó lãi
3 paid for by advertisements commercial television.kommersiëleتِجاري،مَدْفوع التَّكاليفُ من الأعْلانات التِّجاريّهиздържащ се от рекламиkomerčníreklame-Werbe-...εμπορικός, ιδιωτικόςcomercialkommerts-خصوصی؛ انتفاعیkaupallinencommercialשִידוּר מִסחָרִיविज्ञापन से अदायगीkomercijalnikereskedelmikomersialfjármagnaður af auglÿsanda, auglÿsinga-commerciale広告の상업 방송의komerciniskomercijas-; reklāmas-komersilcommercia aelreklame-opłacany z reklamcomercialcomercialкоммерческийkomerčnýkomercialenkomercijalanreklamfinansierad, kommersiellจ่ายโดยการโฆษณาradyo/televizyon reklâmı由廣告商付費的комерційнийاشتہاروں سے آمدنیbuổi phát thanh quảng cáo广
n
a TV or radio advertisement I enjoyed the play but the commercials irritated me.advertensies, reklameإعْلان تِجاريтел./рад. рекламаreklamareklamedie Werbungδιαφήμισηanuncioreklaamآگهی بازرگانیmainospublicitéפִּרסוֹמֵתविज्ञापनreklamareklámiklansjónvarp– eða útvarpsauglÿsingpubblicitàコマーシャルの광고 방송reklamareklāmraidījumsiklanreclamespotreklamereklamaanúncioreclamăрекламаreklamareklamareklamareklamโฆษณาทางโทรทัศน์หรือวิทยุreklâm電視或廣播廣告рекламаڑی وی یا ریڈیو کا اشتہارsự quảng cáo trên truyền hình hoặc đài phát thanh广广
v commercialize, *commercialise [kəˈməːʃəlaiz]
to try to make (something) a source of profit Christmas has become commercialized.kommersialiseerيَجْعَلُهُ تِجاريّاизползвам за търговски цели(z)komercionalizovatgå forretning i; kommercialiserevermarktenεμπορευματοποιώcomercializaräriks muutmaبصورت تجاری در آوردنkaupallistaacommercialiserמְמוּסחַרव्यवसायिकरणkomercijaliziratiüzleti alapokra helyezmengkomersilkangera að einskærri söluvörucommercializzare商業化する상업화하다paversti pelno šaltiniupārvērst par peļņas avotu; komercializētmemperdagangkanvercommercialiserenkommersialiserekomercjalizowaćcomercializara transforma într-o afacereпревращать в источник доходаskomercializovaťkomercializiratikomercijalizovatikommersialiseraทำเพื่อผลกำไรเป็นหลักkazanç işi hâline getirilen商業化комерціалізуватиthương mại hóa
n commercialism [kəˈməːʃəlizəm]
kommersialismeالكَسْبُ التِّجاريкомерсиалностkomercialismushandel; kommercialismeder Kommerzialismusεμπορευματοποίησηmercantilismokaubanduslikkusتجارت گراییkaupallisuusmercantilismeמִסחָרִיוּתव्यवसायवादkomercijalizam, trgovački duhüzleti szellemkomersialismekaupsÿsla, verslunarstefnamercantilismo商業主義상업주의komercializmaskomerciālismsperdagangancommercialiseringkommersiell utnytting, kjøpmannsåndkomercjalizmcomercialismomer­can­tilismкоммерциализацияkomercializmustrgovski duhkomercijalizamkommersialismระเบียบปฏิบัติการเพื่อการพาณิชย์işi ticarete dökme商業主義вираз, що вживається в комерціїکسی چیز کو منافع بخش بناناtính thương mại
commercial traveller
a travelling representative of a business firm. handeldrywende reisigerوَكيل تِجاري مُتَجَوِّلтърговски пътникobchodní cestujícíhandelsrejsendeder Handlungsreisendeπεριοδεύων εμπορικός αντιπρόσωποςde comercio viajanteproovireisijaفروشندۀ سیارkauppamatkustajavoyageur/-euse de commerceסוֹכֵן נוֹסֵעव्यवसायिक प्रतिनिधिtrgovački putnikkereskedelmi utazópedagang kelilingfarandsalirappresentante di commercio, commesso viaggiatore販売外交員외판원komivojažieriuskomivojažierisjurujual kembarahandelsreizigerhandelsreisendeagent podróżującycaixeiro viajantecomis-voiajorкоммивояжёрobchodný cestujúcitrgovski potniktrgovački putnikhandelsresandeผู้แทนเจรจาการค้าgezici satış memuru旅行推銷員комівояжерکسی کاروباری ادارے کا نمائندہngười đi chào hàng

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A STATESMAN who attended a meeting of a Chamber of Commerce rose to speak, but was objected to on the ground that he had nothing to do with commerce.
Such are the rivalships and competitions of commerce between commercial nations.
For many a decade past the history of industry and commerce is but the history of the revolt of modern productive forces against modern conditions of production, against the property relations that are the conditions for the existence of the bourgeoisie and of its rule.
 
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