chamber of commerce
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈtʃeɪmbər əv ˈkɑːmɜrs/
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cámara de comercio
- The chamber of commerce plays a vital role in advocating for small businesses in the community.
- local chamber of commerce
- business chamber of commerce
- city chamber of commerce
And the guy from the Chamber of Commerce says, like in the second last scene in the Colombo movies, right?
- And the guy from the Chamber of Commerce says, like in the second last scene in the Colombo movies, right?
- On this episode, we talk Chamber of Commerce, we talk at wine deals, the greatest place to buy wine on Instagram, and when is the right time to have an assistant?
Examples
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First, I contact a destination's chamber of commerce or convention and visitors bureau to request information about local history and historic attractions.
Academic text (2010) -
Check your local colleges, Small Business Administration, Chamber of Commerce, and libraries for information.
Academic text (1998) -
Jim, I'm a member of the chamber of commerce.
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City chamber of commerce websites provide historical, political, economic, and industrial data.
Academic text (2005) -
About half of all party boat operators belonged to their local chamber of commerce.
Academic text (1993) -
The chamber of commerce and local beer distributors decided to take a stand.
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If you're a local business, can you get the local chamber of commerce to link to you?
Blog text (17) -
Rates of membership in the local chamber of commerce were less than in marine-oriented organizations in all Gulf states except Mississippi.
Academic text (1993) -
Results suggest that business success can be enhanced by strengthening network ties between operators, local businesses, chambers of commerce, and tourism organizations.
Academic text (1993) -
During your journeys, you may wish to visit local bookstores, visitor centers, or chambers of commerce.
Academic text (1999)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'chamber' (an organized body or assembly) with 'commerce' (trade/business): it denotes an organized body for commerce. This compositional pattern (e.g. French chambre de commerce, Spanish cámara de comercio) is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Chamber of commerce comes from business people meeting in a chamber, a 'room', to talk about commerce, or 'trade'. Those meeting groups became local organizations that worked to protect and promote businesses, so today chamber of commerce means a group that helps and represents local businesses.