单词 | commerce |
释义 | commerce /kom"euhrs/, n. 1. an interchange of goods or commodities, esp. on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce); trade; business. 2. social relations, esp. the exchange of views, attitudes, etc. 3. sexual intercourse. 4. intellectual or spiritual interchange; communion. 5. (cap.) Also called Commerce Department. Informal. the Department of Commerce. [1530-40; < MF < L commercium, equiv. to commerc(ari) to trade together (com- COM- + mercari to buy, deal, deriv. of merc-, s. of merx goods) + -ium -IUM] Syn. 1. See trade. |
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