English Explanatory Dictionary

commerce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
  3. Sexual intercourse.
  4. An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
verb
  1. To carry on trade; to traffic.
  2. To hold conversation; to communicate.
name
  1. A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒm.əs/ /kəˈmɜːs/ En-uk-commerce.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commerce.wav /ˈkɑ.mɚs/ /kəˈmɝs/ en-us-commerce.ogg /ˈkɒm.ɚs/ /ˈkɔm.əs/ [kɔ̟m.əs]

Word forms

commerce commerces commercing commerced

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.

Synonyms

trade traffic dealings intercourse interchange communion communication

Derived words

anticommerce biocommerce chamber of commerce Commerce City commerce destroyer commerceless commerce raider commerce raiding commerciable commercial conversational commerce cybercommerce ecommerce Incoterm s-commerce telecommerce

Translations

Bulgarian: сноше́ние Finnish: yhdyntä Finnish: seksuaalinen kanssakäyminen French: rapports Russian: сноше́ние
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