commerce

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BUSINESSthe buying and selling of goods and services 买卖，贸易；商务；商业 SYN trade

measures promoting local commerce and industry

促进地方工商业发展的措施

Examples from the Corpus

commerce• However, alcohol commerce now imposes about 10 times more cost on society than it generates through taxation at all government levels.• He had a genuine talent for commerce and soon had a brilliant career working for the World Bank.• Almost continuous revolution for twenty-seven years following independence had disrupted industry, commerce, and all progressive development.• One of the roles of the federal government is to regulate interstate commerce.• interstate commerce• In many areas such schemes are operated by the local chamber of commerce or residents' association.• Code of commerce, so to speak.• She could illustrate her arguments with clever examples drawn from the real world of commerce.• Sad to say, science is no longer pure: commerce pays for it and commerce calls the tune.• Congress is given power to regulate such commerce in unqualified terms.

From Longman Business Dictionary

commercecom·merce /ˈkɒmɜːsˈkɑːmɜːrs/ noun [uncountableU]COMMERCE

1the buying and selling of goods and servicesSYN TRADE

Modern computing facilities are very much in demand by industry and commerce.

a guide to English for Commerce

2old-fashioned a school or university subject concerned with the principles and methods of business and how offices are runSYN BUSINESS STUDIES

He was trying to finish a commerce degree at university.

Origin commerce

(1500-1600) French Latin commercium, from com- ( → COM-) + merx “things to be sold”

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