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- [kom-ers]
- /ˈkɒm ərs/
- /ˈkɒm.ɜːs/
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- [kom-ers]
- /ˈkɒm ərs/
Definitions of commerce word
- uncountable noun commerce Commerce is the activities and procedures involved in buying and selling things. 3
- noun commerce the activity embracing all forms of the purchase and sale of goods and services 3
- noun commerce social relations and exchange, esp of opinions, attitudes, etc 3
- noun commerce the buying and selling of goods, esp. when done on a large scale between cities, states, or countries; trade 3
- noun commerce social intercourse 3
- noun commerce sexual intercourse 3
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Origin of commerce
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; < Middle French < Latin commercium, equivalent to commerc(ārī) to trade together (com- com- + mercārī to buy, deal, derivative of merc-, stem of merx goods) + -ium -ium
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Parts of speech for Commerce
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
commerce popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
commerce usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for commerce
noun commerce
- business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- economics — (used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
- trade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
Antonyms for commerce
noun commerce
- unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
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