commerce > noun 1, act| Meaning | Transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
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| Synonyms | commercialism, mercantilism |
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| Category of | usance; commercialize, commercialise, market; buy, purchase; take; get; clear; turn; negociate; sell; sell short; remainder; resell; deaccession; foist off, palm off, fob off; realize, realise; auction, auction off, auctioneer; deal, sell, trade; transact; deal; retail; wholesale; sell out, sell up, liquidize; trade, trade in; trade, merchandise; traffic; arbitrage; turn over; broker; trust; pick up; barter away; market; market; stock, buy in; shop; market; shop, browse; comparison-shop; antique; smuggle; import; export; pawn, soak, hock; impulse-buy; franchise; retail; trade |
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| Attributes | commercial; noncommercial |
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| Parts | transportation, shipping, transport |
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| Narrower | trading; trade; exchange, interchange; initial public offering, IPO, initial offering; commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business; carriage trade; importing, importation; exporting, exportation; marketing; distribution; selling, merchandising, marketing; traffic; payment, defrayal, defrayment; evasion, nonpayment |
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| Broader | transaction, dealing, dealings |
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| Adjectives | commercial |
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