commerce

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

com·merce BrE [ˈkɒmɜːs] NAmE [ˈkɑːmɜːrs] noun uncountable
trade, especially between countries; the buying and selling of goods and services
•leaders of industry and commerce
see also ↑Chamber of Commerce

Word Origin:
[commerce] mid 16th cent. originally in the sense of social interaction between people: from French, or from Latin commercium ‘trade, trading’, from com- ‘together’ + mercium (from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’).

Example Bank:
•She has little experience of the world of commerce.
•The marketplace was where commerce was traditionally carried on.
•The marketplace was where merchants engaged in commerce.
•commerce between China and Africa
•commerce between Germany and Italy
•the development of commerce with Asia
•Leaders of industry and commerce met at the summit in Paris.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC, commercialism, mercantilism