commerce
13
2.8
- noun
- /ˈkɑːmɜːrs/
- Archaic
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intercambio
- In the digital age, commerce involves not only buying and selling but also sharing opinions and insights.
- art and commerce
Ideas, information, commerce are the path, the present, the future, and so much more.
- Ideas, information, commerce are the path, the present, the future, and so much more.
Examples
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The conference focused on the exchange of ideas and commerce among industry leaders.
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Every major tax cut in this century has strengthened the economy by creating new investment, new jobs, and more commerce among our people.
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I guess you could say we're friends in commerce.
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Could beauty, my lord, have better commerce than with honesty?
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Dialogue, compromise, and commerce, as difficult as they may be, are convincing means.
Academic text (2008) -
Writers of wrongs in the world of commerce and in society.
Fiction book (1993) -
Certain management tasks, such as planning, organizing, leadership, and control, are executed in both commerce and education.
Academic text (2000) -
Now, commerce, trade, self-involvement, self-benefit... these are things they can appreciate and respond to.
Fiction book (2001) -
Their great concern was to leaven commerce with culture, and in doing so to uphold their own civic leadership.
Academic text (1994) -
Effective communication and commerce between countries can lead to stronger relationships.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A talk between two or more people to share news and ideas
252
2.3
A way like a road or tunnel that connects places so people and goods can move
Compounds
- Formal
71
4.6
A government official who leads the United States department that promotes trade and industry
50
3.7
A U.S. government department that promotes and regulates trade and runs agencies like the Census and Patent Office
13
4.2
A government official who leads the United States Department of Commerce
- Formal
9
3.8
A United States government department that promotes and makes rules for trade and runs the national census and patent office
1
7.5
A former federal agency in the United States that set prices and rules for trains and other transport between states
A United States government department established in 1903 that handled business and worker issues until it split in 1913
A person who led the United States department that handled business and worker affairs before 1913
How Communicative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Commerce comes from com- 'together' and merx 'goods', and the idea of people meeting to exchange things grew to mean any exchange between people. So commerce can also mean the exchange or 'giving and taking' of ideas and feelings between people.