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... commercialismtrade More communicationcommuniondealingsinterchangeintercoursetraffic Word family Forms commerces Derived forms anticommercebiocommercecommercelesscommerciablecommercialcybercommerceecommerceincoterms-commercetelecommerce Common collocations commerce secretary Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess. commerce Middle French commercium Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown