commerce
/kɒˈmɜːs/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
- Sexual intercourse.
- An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
- To carry on trade; to traffic.
- To hold intercourse; to commune.
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