| commerce | | |
| n. (act) | 1. commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ trading | buying or selling securities or commodities. |
| ~ trade | the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services.; "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"; "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade" |
| ~ e-commerce | commerce conducted electronically (as on the internet). |
| ~ interchange, exchange | reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries).; "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" |
| ~ initial offering, initial public offering, ipo | a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public. |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ shipping, transport, transportation | the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials. |
| ~ carriage trade | trade from upper-class customers. |
| ~ transaction, dealing, dealings | the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities).; "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me" |
| ~ importation, importing | the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country. |
| ~ exporting, exportation | the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country. |
| ~ marketing | the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service.; "most companies have a manager in charge of marketing" |
| ~ distribution | the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer. |
| ~ marketing, merchandising, selling | the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money. |
| ~ traffic | buying and selling; especially illicit trade. |
| ~ defrayal, defrayment, payment | the act of paying money. |
| ~ evasion, nonpayment | the deliberate act of failing to pay money.; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment" |
| ~ usance | the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange). |
| ~ commercialise, commercialize, market | make commercial.; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life" |
| ~ buy, purchase | obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction.; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" |
| ~ take | buy, select.; "I'll take a pound of that sausage" |
| ~ get | purchase.; "What did you get at the toy store?" |
| ~ clear | sell.; "We cleared a lot of the old model cars" |
| ~ turn | get by buying and selling.; "the company turned a good profit after a year" |
| ~ negociate | sell or discount.; "negociate securities" |
| ~ sell | exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
| ~ sell short | sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit. |
| ~ remainder | sell cheaply as remainders.; "The publisher remaindered the books" |
| ~ resell | sell (something) again after having bought it. |
| ~ deaccession | sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works.; "The museum deaccessioned several important works of this painter" |
| ~ fob off, foist off, palm off | sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive. |
| ~ realise, realize | convert into cash; of goods and property. |
| ~ auction, auction off, auctioneer | sell at an auction. |
| ~ sell, trade, deal | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
| ~ transact | conduct business.; "transact with foreign governments" |
| ~ deal | sell.; "deal hashish" |
| ~ retail | sell on the retail market. |
| ~ wholesale | sell in large quantities. |
| ~ liquidize, sell out, sell up | get rid of all one's merchandise. |
| ~ trade in, trade | turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase.; "trade in an old car for a new one" |
| ~ merchandise, trade | engage in the trade of.; "he is merchandising telephone sets" |
| ~ traffic | trade or deal a commodity.; "They trafficked with us for gold" |
| ~ arbitrage | practice arbitrage, as in the stock market. |
| ~ turn over | do business worth a certain amount of money.; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year" |
| ~ broker | act as a broker. |
| ~ trust | extend credit to.; "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore" |
| ~ pick up | buy casually or spontaneously.; "I picked up some food for a snack" |
| ~ barter away | trade in in a bartering transaction. |
| ~ market | engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of.; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" |
| ~ market | deal in a market. |
| ~ buy in, stock up, stock | amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use.; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" |
| ~ shop | do one's shopping.; "She goes shopping every Friday" |
| ~ market | buy household supplies.; "We go marketing every Saturday" |
| ~ browse, shop | shop around; not necessarily buying.; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" |
| ~ comparison-shop | compare prices for a given item. |
| ~ antique | shop for antiques.; "We went antiquing on Saturday" |
| ~ smuggle | import or export without paying customs duties.; "She smuggled cigarettes across the border" |
| ~ import | bring in from abroad. |
| ~ export | sell or transfer abroad.; "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance" |
| ~ hock, pawn, soak | leave as a guarantee in return for money.; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" |
| ~ impulse-buy | buy on impulse without proper reflection. |
| ~ franchise | grant a franchise to. |
| ~ retail | be sold at the retail level.; "These gems retail at thousands of dollars each" |
| ~ trade | be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.; "The stock traded around $20 a share" |
| n. (group) | 2. commerce, commerce department, department of commerce, doc | 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. |
| ~ executive department | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States. |
| ~ bureau of the census, census bureau | the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States. |
| ~ national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa | an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather. |
| ~ technology administration | an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth. |
| ~ patent and trademark office database, patent office | the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones. |
| n. (communication) | 3. commerce | social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.. |
| ~ conversation | the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.. |
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