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commerce

/kɒˈmɜːs/ · noun

Meaning

  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.
  5. To carry on trade; to traffic.
  6. To hold intercourse; to commune.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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