commerce en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɒ.mɜːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkɒm.əs/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈkɑ.mɚs/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
- /ˈkɔm.əs/ (Australia)
- [kɔ̟m.əs] (New-Zealand)
- /ˈkɒm.ɚs/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, uncountable) Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
Suppose we held our converse not in words, but in music; those who have a bad ear would find themselves cut off from all near commerce, and no better than foreigners in this big world.
1874–1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], published 1881, →OCLC:Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.
1911, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Bunyan, John”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:[A]ll libertine diſcourſe, and familiarities vvith vvomen, […] nay even friendſhip it ſelfe […] muſt be vvatched vvith great prudence to be kept ſafe: for vvhich cauſe in ſtead of all theſe perillous commerces of our love, I vvill preferre ſo ſecure an object to it, […]
1648, Walter Montagu, “The Thirteenth Treatise. Handling whether to be in Love, and to be Devout, are Inconsistent. §. VIII. The Conclusion Framed upon All the Premised Discourse, and Our Love Safely Addressed.”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia: Or, Devout Essaies, London: […] W[illiam] Lee, D[aniel] Pakeman, and G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC, page 179:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
carnal commerce
- (countable, uncountable) An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| commerces | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
s-commerce · s-Commerce · commerce raider · anticommerce · commercial · conversational commerce · telecommerce · commerciable · commerce raiding · commerceless · biocommerce · Commerce City · chamber of commerce · commerce destroyer · Incoterm · ecommerce · cybercommerce
Hyponyms
e-commerce · electronic commerce · social commerce · E-commerce · m-commerce · silent commerce
Synonyms
communion · traffic · interchange · trade · dealings · intercourse · communication
Translations (147)
az alver (large scale trade) · da handel (large scale trade) · ko 무역 (large scale trade) · mi tauhokohoko (large scale trade) · az ticarət (large scale trade) · mk комерција (large scale trade) · af ruil (large scale trade) · he סַחַר (large scale trade) · cmn 商業 /商业 (large scale trade) · ky коммерция (large scale trade) · th ธุรกิจ (large scale trade) · ug سودا (large scale trade) · ml വാണിജ്യം (large scale trade) · ln mombongo (large scale trade) · ca comerç (social interaction) · ms perdagangan (large scale trade) · gv cochionneeaght (large scale trade) · ca comerç (large scale trade) · is verslun (large scale trade) · pl handel (large scale trade) · sl trgovina (large scale trade) · pt comércio (large scale trade) · fi seksuaalinen kanssakäyminen (coitus) · lo ວານິດ (large scale trade) · sk obchod (large scale trade) · ru торго́вля (large scale trade) · ug تىجارەت (large scale trade) · sa वाणिज्य (large scale trade) · hi व्यापार (large scale trade) · ps تجارت (large scale trade) · sh trgòvina (large scale trade) · kmr sewda (large scale trade) · ota تجارت (large scale trade) · fur cumierç (large scale trade) · vi sự buôn bán (large scale trade) · de Handel (large scale trade) · bg търго́вия (large scale trade) · yi האַנדל (large scale trade) · ka ურთიერთობა (social interaction) · el εμπόριο (large scale trade) · kk сауда (large scale trade) · am ንግድ (large scale trade) · ru сноше́ние (coitus) · ga tráchtáil (large scale trade) · tg савдо (large scale trade) · ko 교역 (large scale trade) · mk трговија (large scale trade) · nl handel (large scale trade) · tt сәүдә (large scale trade) · th การค้า (large scale trade) · hu kereskedelem (large scale trade) · bg сноше́ние (coitus) · ur تجارت (large scale trade) · lt komercija (large scale trade) · ja 交易 (large scale trade) · et kaubandus (large scale trade) · ru комме́рция (large scale trade) · fi kauppa (large scale trade) · lv tirdzniecība (large scale trade) · ast comerciu (large scale trade) · id perdagangan (large scale trade) · hi वाणिज्य (large scale trade) · gl comercio (large scale trade) · sv handel (large scale trade) · be тарго́ўля (large scale trade) · fi commerce (term in cards) · cmn 貿易 /贸易 (large scale trade) · th พาณิชย์ (large scale trade) · ka კომერცია (large scale trade) · bg надда́ване (term in cards) · ru обще́ние (social interaction) · uz tijorat (large scale trade) · fi kaupankäynti (large scale trade) · tg тиҷорат (large scale trade) · bni mombongo (large scale trade) · cmn 交易 (large scale trade) · fr rapports (coitus) · ps سوداګري (large scale trade) · hy առեւտուր (large scale trade) · vi thương nghiệp (large scale trade) · nl commercie (large scale trade) · tl kalakalan (large scale trade) · cs obchod (large scale trade) · ky соода (large scale trade) · uk торгі́вля (large scale trade) · kl niuerneq (large scale trade) · de Kommerz (large scale trade) · ba коммерция (large scale trade) · bg общу́ване (social interaction) · ro comerț (large scale trade) · ml വ്യാപാരം (large scale trade) · it commercio (large scale trade) · bn তেজারত (large scale trade) · ja 貿易 (large scale trade) · fa تجارت (large scale trade) · lo ການຄ້າ (large scale trade) · mn худалдаа (large scale trade) · sh трго̀вина (large scale trade) · fr commerce (large scale trade) · ka ვაჭრობა (large scale trade) · uz savdo (large scale trade) · be каме́рцыя (large scale trade) · es comercio (large scale trade) · grc ἐμπορία (large scale trade) · ba сауҙа (large scale trade) · tl pangangalakal (large scale trade) · mt kummerċ (large scale trade) · fi sosiaalinen kanssakäyminen (social interaction) · scn cummerciu (large scale trade) · nn handel (large scale trade) · fi vuorovaikutus (social interaction) · pi vaṇijjā (large scale trade) · km ពាណិជ្ជ (large scale trade) · ar تِجَارَة (large scale trade) · lt prekyba (large scale trade) · he מִסְחָר (large scale trade) · ur سودا (large scale trade) · sw biashara (large scale trade) · tr ticaret (large scale trade) · my ကုန်သွယ်ရေး (large scale trade) · ja 商業 (large scale trade) · uz kommersiya (large scale trade) · nb handel (large scale trade) · bn বাণিজ্য (large scale trade) · km ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម (large scale trade) · kk коммерция (large scale trade) · eo komerco (large scale trade) · hi व्यवसाय (large scale trade) · sip ཁེ་ཚོང (large scale trade) · ko 상업 (large scale trade) · my ဝါဏိဇ္ဇ (large scale trade) · txb karyor (large scale trade) · lo ທຸລະກິດ (large scale trade) · hu érintkezés (social interaction) · fi yhdyntä (coitus) · uk коме́рція (large scale trade) · la commercium (large scale trade) · be га́ндаль (large scale trade) · ca comerç (term in cards) · my အရောင်းအဝယ် (large scale trade) · vi thương mại (large scale trade) · sq tregti (large scale trade) · lv komercija (large scale trade) · fa سودا (large scale trade) · tk söwda (large scale trade) · km វណិជ្ជា (large scale trade) · af handel (large scale trade)