commerce

n 1: transactions having the objective of supplying commodities

[syn: {commercialism}, {mercantilism}]

2: the federal department that promotes and administers

domestic and foreign trade (including management of the

census and the patent office); created in 1913 [syn: {Department

of Commerce}, {Commerce Department}, {Commerce}]

3: social exchange, esp. of opinions, attitudes, etc.

e-commerce

{electronic commerce}