commerce
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(noun) transactions having the objective of supplying commodities |
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Synonyms: commercialism, mercantilism |
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Related Words: IPO, business, business enterprise, carriage trade, commercial enterprise, dealing, dealings, defrayal, defrayment, distribution, exchange, exportation, exporting, importation, importing, initial offering, initial public offering, interchange, marketing, merchandising, paying, payment, selling, trade, trading, traffic, transaction |
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(noun) social exchange, esp. of opinions, attitudes, etc. |
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Related Words: conversation |
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(noun) the federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913 |
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Synonyms: Commerce Department, Department of Commerce |
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Related Words: executive department |
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