commerce

CEFRB2

/ˈkɒm.əs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The activity of buying and selling goods and services.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Sexual intercourse.

Examples

  • Leaders of industry and commerce met at the summit in Paris.

  • We must promote commerce with neighboring countries.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.

  2. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

  3. An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

More examples

In context

  • English is useful in commerce.

  • carnal commerce

  • Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.