Skip to content

commerce

/ˈkɑ.mɚs/noun2 syllables

Commerce means: 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.

Synonyms for commerce12

noun, as in 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 Commerce, Commerce Department, DoC

noun, as in transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

commercialism, mercantilism

also used for commerce

trade, traffic, dealings, intercourse, interchange, communion, communication

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does commerce mean?3

noun

1

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

2

transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

3

social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Commerce in a sentence

  • In a city, the economic activity dominates commerce, craft, industry, traffic and administration.dmaddock
  • Legal changes threaten online sales in digital commerce.unknown
  • Many small business owners belong to a chamber of commerce.AlanF_US
  • Osaka is the center of commerce in Japan.CN
  • It is often said that Osaka is a city of commerce.Scott
  • Along with Tokyo, Osaka is a center of commerce.unknown
  • The Olympic Games ceremoniously celebrate the triumph of nationalism, doping and commerce.Dejo
  • The shop, the advertisement, traffic, all that commerce which constitutes the body of our world, was gone.Hybrid

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of commerce

as a noun

plural
commerces