commerce

Formscommerces, commercing, commerced

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The buying and selling of goods, often between different towns or countries.

   Like a big market where people from many towns come to buy and sell things.

   The new road helped commerce grow in the small town.

   Trade across the border brought a lot of commerce to the port.

   Similartrade, business, trading, exchange, traffic

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The ways people meet, talk, and deal with one another.

   Like the everyday talking and visiting that ties neighbors together.

   Daily commerce with her neighbors kept her feeling part of the town.

   He avoided social commerce and preferred to stay home alone.

   Similarintercourse, exchange, dealings, relations, communication

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3. 3
   verbarchaicintransitive

   To trade, buying and selling goods with others.

   Like a shopkeeper who buys goods and then sells them to others.

   Ships that commerce with distant ports return laden with silk.

   They commerced with traders from across the sea.

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   An old French card game in which players swap and trade cards.

   Like a card game where you keep trading cards to build a better hand.

   They played commerce by candlelight late into the night.

   She learned commerce from her grandmother one rainy afternoon.

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