commerce
The exchange or buying and selling of commoditiesThe 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.
» English is useful in commerce.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Handel, Kommerz
торго́вляtorgóvlja, комме́рцияkommércija
торгі́вляtorhívlja, коме́рціяkomércija
(countable, uncountable)Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
обще́ниеobščénije
(countable, uncountable)An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Sexual intercourse.
carnal commerce
- transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
- social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
- 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
Examples
31 sentencesEnglish is useful in commerce.
Legal changes threaten online sales in digital commerce.
Правові зміни загрожують інтернет-продажам в цифровій торгівлі.
Electronic commerce began to spread rapidly.
He made his fortune from commerce.
I'd like to understand how commerce works.
deIch möchte verstehen, wie Handel funktioniert.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.
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Forms
plural: commercesSynonyms
12 synonyms- transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services):commercialismmercantilism
- 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:Department of CommerceCommerce DepartmentDoC
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable