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1. Transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
   - commercialism, mercantilism
    
2. Social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.

1. 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
   - Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, DoC

Derived forms: commerces

See also: commercial, noncommercial

Type of: conversation, dealing, dealings, executive department, transaction

Encyclopedia: Commerce, OK