name
Meaning 1
A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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name
A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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noun
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.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business
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noun
Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Sexual intercourse.
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Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: card-games, games
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verb
To carry on trade; to traffic.
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Usage: archaic, intransitive
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verb
To hold conversation; to communicate.
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Usage: archaic, intransitive
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noun
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: commercialism, mercantilism
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Broader terms: transaction, dealing, dealings
Narrower terms: trading, trade, e-commerce, exchange, interchange, initial public offering, IPO, initial offering, commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business, carriage trade, importing, importation, exporting, exportation, marketing, distribution, selling, merchandising, traffic, payment, defrayal, defrayment, evasion, nonpayment
noun
social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
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Broader terms: conversation
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
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Synonyms: Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, DoC
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Broader terms: executive department
History
Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.
Across languages
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