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English

Etymology
From MF. #French|commerce.

Webster

Pronunciation
IPA:
*US: /�k�.m�s/
*UK: /�k�.m�s/ (Formerly accented on the second syllable.)
audio|en-us-commerce.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
wikipedia
business commerce

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.
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.

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

Translations
trans-top|large scale trade
Finnish: kauppa, kaupankäynti
French: #French|commerce m
Hebrew: ס�ר (sakhar) m, �ס�ר (miskhar) m
trans-mid
Spanish: comercio m
Swedish: handel c
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trans-top|social interaction
Finnish: vuorovaikutus, sosiaalinen kanssakäyminen
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trans-top|coitus
French: rapports m|p
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trans-top|term in cards
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See also
Chamber of commerce

Synonyms
trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange; communion; communication.

Verb
en-verb|commerc|ing

1. dated To carry on trade; to traffic. [Obs.]

#:Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. -B. Jonson.

1. dated To hold intercourse; to commune.

#:Commercing with himself. -Tennyson.
#:Musicians ... taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven. -Prof. Wilson.

French

Etymology
From L. commercium; com- + merx, mercis, merchandise.

Noun
commerce m

1. #Noun|commerce

Derived terms
commercial

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