1. Transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
   "International commerce grew rapidly";
   - commercialism, mercantilism
    
2. Social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
   "The commerce of ideas at the conference was stimulating"

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, convo [Austral, informal], dealing, dealings, executive department, transaction

Encyclopedia: Commerce, Oklahoma