Meaning of commerce | Babel Free

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1. A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
2. Commerce, trade.
3. 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.
   countable, uncountable
4. Commercial, industrial, or professional activity in general:business, industry, trade, trading, traffic.
5. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
   countable, uncountable
6. the exchange of goods between nations or people; trade on a large scale. He is engaged in commerce. handel تِجارَه търговия comércio obchod(ování) der Handel handel εμπόριοcomercio kaubavahetus, kaubandus تجارت؛ بازرگانی kaupankäynti commerceמסחר वाणिज्य trgovina kereskedelem perdagangan verslun, viðskipti commercio 商業 상업 prekyba, komercija komercija; tirdzniecība perdagangan handelhandelhandel سودا ګرى، تجارت، معامله comércio co­merţ коммерция obchod trgovina trgovina handel, varuutbyte การค...
7. a TV or radio advertisement. I enjoyed the play but the commercials irritated me. advertensies, reklame إعْلان تِجاري тел./рад. реклама comerciais reklama die Werbung reklame διαφήμισηanuncio reklaam آگهی بازرگانی mainos publicitéפרסומת विज्ञापन reklama reklám iklan sjónvarp– eða útvarpsauglÿsing pubblicità コマーシャルの 광고 reklama reklāmraidījums iklan reclamespotreklamereklama د سوداګړی اعلانونه anúncio reclamă реклама reklama reklama reklama reklam โฆษณาทางโทรทัศน์หรือวิทยุ reklâm 電視或廣播廣告 реклам...
8. An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
   countable, uncountable
9. to try to make (something) a source of profit. Christmas has become commercialized. kommersialiseer يَجْعَلُهُ تِجاريّا използвам за търговски цели comercializar (z)komercionalizovat vermarkten gå forretning i; kommercialisere εμπορευματοποιώ comercializar äriks muutma بصورت تجاری در آوردن kaupallistua commercialiser מְמוּסחַר व्यवसायिकरण komercijalizirati üzleti alapokra helyez mengkomersilkan gera að einskærri söluvöru commercializzare 商業化する 상업화하다 paversti pelno šaltiniu pārvērst par peļņas...
10. kommersialisme الكَسْبُ التِّجاري комерсиалност comercialismo komercialismus der Kommerzialismus handel; kommercialisme εμπορευματοποίηση mercantilismo kaubanduslikkus تجارت گرایی kaupallisuus mercantilisme מִסחָרִיוּת व्यवसायवाद komercijalizam, trgovački duh üzleti szellem komersialisme kaupsÿsla, verslunarstefna mercantilismo 商業主義 상업화 komercializmas komerciālisms perdagangan commercialiseringkommersiell utnytting, kjøpmannsånd komercjalizm سوداگری comercialismo mer­can­tilism коммерциализац...
11. a travelling representative of a business firm. handeldrywende reisiger وَكيل تِجاري مُتَجَوِّل търговски пътник caixeiro viajante obchodní cestující der Handlungsreisende handelsrejsende περιοδεύων εμπορικός αντιπρόσωπος viajante de comercio proovireisija فروشندۀ سیار edustaja voyageur/-euse de commerce סוֹכֵן נוֹסֵע व्यवसायिक प्रतिनिधि trgovački putnik kereskedelmi utazó pedagang keliling farandsali rappresentante di commercio, commesso viaggiatore 販売外交員 외판원 komivojažierius komivojažieris j...
12. The buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale, as between cities or nations. See Synonyms at business.
13. Intellectual exchange or social interaction.
14. Sexual intercourse.
15. (Commerce) the activity embracing all forms of the purchase and sale of goods and services

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Examples

“[A]ll libertine diſcourſe, and familiarities vvith vvomen, […] nay even friendſhip it ſelfe […] muſt be vvatched vvith great prudence to be kept ſafe: for vvhich cauſe in ſtead of all theſe perillous commerces of our love, I vvill preferre ſo ſecure an object to it, […]”

“Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.”

“Suppose we held our converse not in words, but in music; those who have a bad ear would find themselves cut off from all near commerce, and no better than foreigners in this big world.”

“carnal commerce”

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