commerce

Speech parts

1. commerce - Noun

2. commerce - Verb

3. Commerce - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Sexual intercourse.

A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

To carry on trade; to traffic.

To hold intercourse; to commune.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

trade traffic intercourse interchange dealings communion communication mercantilism market industry business doc exchange trading sale
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Antonyms

division accident mistake refuse disagreement misunderstanding
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Hypernyms

dealing conversation transaction dealings executive department

Hyponyms

business trade IPO distribution exchange traffic

Phrases with the word

Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chambers of Commerce sexual commerce e-commerce facility global commerce drug in commerce

Derivatives

commerced commercing

Examples

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. Oliver Goldsmith

Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice. Mahatma Gandhi

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto. Thomas Jefferson

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls. Gaston Bachelard

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce. James A. Garfield

Commerce flourishes by circumstances precarious. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

commentitious commentize commentor commerce act commerce and industry association Commerce City