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commerce

com·merce [ kómmərss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. trade in goods and services: the large-scale buying and selling of goods and services

2. study of commerce: the study of the principles and practices of commerce

[Direct or via French< Latin commercium "mutual trade"]
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