commerce

B2 Topic:Business & Commerce

US /ˈkɑ.mɚs/ UK /ˈkɒm.əs/ See IPA manual

Freq #10779

Meanings

1

noun
The activity of buying and selling goods and services, especially on a large scale.

The new railway helped commerce grow between the two cities.
2

noun
Social dealings and exchange between people.

There was little social commerce between the two rival families.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the activity of buying and... commercialism trade

More communication communiondealingsinterchange intercourse traffic

Word family

Forms commerces

Derived forms anticommercebiocommercecommercelesscommerciablecommercialcybercommerceecommerceincoterms-commercetelecommerce

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Phrases (1)

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commerce secretary
the government official who leads the United States Department of Commerce

Noun + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.

commerce Middle French commercium Latin

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Topics

Business & Commerce

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# commerce

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑ.mɚs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒm.əs/
**Frequency rank:** 10779

## Meanings
1. The activity of buying and selling goods and services, especially on a large scale.
2. Social dealings and exchange between people.

## Examples
- The new railway helped commerce grow between the two cities.
- There was little social commerce between the two rival families.

## Synonyms
- communication
- communion
- dealings
- interchange
- intercourse
- trade
- traffic

## Derived Forms
- anticommerce
- biocommerce
- commerceless
- commerciable
- commercial
- cybercommerce
- ecommerce
- incoterm
- s-commerce
- telecommerce

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: commerce
- Root: commercium

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.

## AI Etymology
commerce is a noun and verb. It was borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess. Historical forms in the chain include commerce (Middle French) and commercium (Latin). Current senses include the activity of buying and selling goods and services, especially on a large scale and social dealings and exchange between people. Derived forms include anticommerce, biocommerce, commerceless, commerciable, and commercial.

## Topics
- Business & Commerce

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