'Commerce' definitions:

Definition of 'commerce'

(from WordNet)
noun
Transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) [syn: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism]
noun
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, Commerce, DoC]
noun
Social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.

Definition of 'Commerce'

From: GCIDE
  • Commerce \Com"merce\, n.
  • Note: (Formerly accented on the second syllable.) [F. commerce, L. commercium; com- + merx, mercis, merchandise. See Merchant.]
  • 1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic. [1913 Webster]
  • The public becomes powerful in proportion to the opulence and extensive commerce of private men. --Hume. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity. [1913 Webster]
  • Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Sexual intercourse. --W. Montagu. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade. --Hoyle. [1913 Webster]
  • Chamber of commerce. See Chamber.
  • Syn: Trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange; communion; communication. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Commerce'

From: GCIDE
  • Commerce \Com*merce"\ (? or ?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commerced; p. pr. & vb. n. Commercing.] [Cf. F. commercer, fr. LL. commerciare.]
  • 1. To carry on trade; to traffic. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To hold intercourse; to commune. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Commercing with himself. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • Musicians . . . taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'commerce'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Commerce, CA -- U.S. city in California

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Commerce, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000) :
12568
Housing Units (2000) :
3377
Land area (2000) :
6.567812 sq. miles (17.010555 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.004868 sq. miles (0.012607 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.572680 sq. miles (17.023162 sq. km)
FIPS code :
14974
Located within :
California (CA), FIPS 06
Location :
34.000613 N, 118.154781 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Commerce, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Commerce, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000) :
5292
Housing Units (2000) :
2273
Land area (2000) :
8.303967 sq. miles (21.507176 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.006680 sq. miles (0.017300 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
8.310647 sq. miles (21.524476 sq. km)
FIPS code :
19112
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
34.206520 N, 83.461203 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
30529
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Commerce, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Commerce, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
2645
Housing Units (2000) :
1079
Land area (2000) :
0.818331 sq. miles (2.119467 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.818331 sq. miles (2.119467 sq. km)
FIPS code :
16500
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
36.933529 N, 94.871371 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
74339
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Commerce, TX -- U.S. city in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Commerce, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000) :
7669
Housing Units (2000) :
3405
Land area (2000) :
6.480944 sq. miles (16.785567 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.056332 sq. miles (0.145900 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.537276 sq. miles (16.931467 sq. km)
FIPS code :
16240
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
33.244959 N, 95.899957 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
75428
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Commerce, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Commerce, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri
Population (2000) :
110
Housing Units (2000) :
49
Land area (2000) :
0.319731 sq. miles (0.828100 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.319731 sq. miles (0.828100 sq. km)
FIPS code :
15760
Located within :
Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location :
37.157131 N, 89.446512 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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