Commerce

Noun

 * 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) A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

Adjectives for Commerce
nascent; enlarged; farflung; unsullied; peaceful; nourishing; lawless; enhanced; expanding; international; vast; increasing; interstate; long-established; petty.

Verbs for Commerce
blockade—; derange—; develop—; encour¬age—; engage in—; hinder—; imperil—; insure—; interchange—; invade—; join in—; levy on—; negotiate—; open—; profit by—;  protect—;  regulate—;   restrict—; route—; safeguard—; stimulate—; stint—; subsidize—;   traffic   in—; —dwindles; —flourishes; —transports; —wanes.

Synonyms for Commerce

 * trade, traffic, dealings, intercourse, interchange, communion, communication

Derived terms

 * chamber of commerce
 * commercial

Thesaurus
business, carnal knowledge, climax, cohabitation, coition, coitus, coitus interruptus, collegiality, communication, communion, community, concern, concernment, congress, connection, contact, conversation, converse, copula, copulation, correspondence, coupling, dealing, dealings, diddling, employ, employment, enterprise, exchange, fellowship, fornication, function, industry, information, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interest, interplay, intimacy, labor, linguistic intercourse, lookout, lovemaking, making it with, marital relations, marketing, marriage act, mating, matter, meat, mercantilism, merchandising, message, occupation, onanism, orgasm, ovum, pareunia, procreation, relations, reply, response, screwing, service, sex, sex act, sexual climax, sexual commerce, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relations, sexual union, sleeping with, social activity, social intercourse, social relations, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, sperm, takeoff, talking, telepathy, thing, touch, trade, traffic, trafficking, truck, two-way communication, undertaking, venery, work

Etymology
From commerce: <  commercium: < com-: + merx:; see merchant:, mercenary:

Pronunciation

 * IPA:
 * US: /ˈkɑ.mɝs/
 * UK: /ˈkɒ.mɜs/ (Formerly accented on the second syllable.)

Noun

 * Arabic: تجارة
 * Bulgarian: търговия
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 貿易, 贸易, 交易, 商業, 商业
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, commercie
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Handel, Kommerz
 * Hebrew: סחר, מסחר
 * Hindi: व्यापार, तिजारत
 * Japanese:, , 商業


 * Korean: 무역 (貿易), 교역 (交易), 상업 (商業)
 * Manx: cochionneeaght
 * Persian: تجارت
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, коммерция
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: พาณิชย์, ธุรกิจ, การค้า
 * Urdu: تجارت
 * Vietnamese: buôn bán, thương mại, thương nghiệp


 * Bulgarian: общуване
 * Catalan:


 * Finnish: vuorovaikutus, sosiaalinen kanssakäyminen
 * Russian: общение


 * Bulgarian: сношение
 * French:


 * Russian: сношение


 * Bulgarian: наддаване


 * Catalan:

Etymology
From commerce: <  commercium: < com-: + merx:; see merchant:, mercenary:.

Noun

 * 1) commerce

Derived terms

 * commercial