commerce
Meaning
n 1: transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective ofsupplying commodities (goods and services) [syn: commercialism,
mercantilism]
2: the United States federal department that promotes and
administers domestic and foreign trade (including
management of the census and the patent office); created
in 1913 [syn: Department of Commerce, Commerce
Department, DoC]
3: social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.