commerce
noun
[ ˈkɒməːs ]
• the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale.
• "the changes in taxation are of benefit to commerce"
Similar:
trade,
trading,
buying and selling,
business,
bargaining,
dealing,
traffic,
trafficking,
(financial) transactions,
dealings,
negotiations,
merchandising,
• social dealings between people.
• "the noise and warmth of human commerce"
• sexual intercourse.
Origin:
mid 16th century (in commerce (sense 2)): from French, or from Latin commercium ‘trade, trading’, from com- ‘together’ + mercium (from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’).
