BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Commerce
- the large-scale buying and selling of goods and services, usually applied to trading between different states or countries
Wiktionary Definition for: Commerce
- The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.
- Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
- Ex:''"Fifteen years of thought, observation, and '''commerce''' with the world had made him Bunyan wiser."'' -Macaulay.
- Sexual intercourse.
- A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
- To carry on trade; to traffic. Obs.
- Ex:''Beware you '''commerce''' not with bankrupts.'' -B. Jonson.
- To hold intercourse; to commune.
- Ex:'''''Commercing''' with himself.'' -Tennyson.
- Ex:''Musicians ... taught the people in angelic harmonies to '''commerce''' with heaven.'' -Prof. Wilson.
Additional Resources
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- Articles 2007-10-25
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- External links 2009-09-02
- Google Launches Commerce Search to Boost Your Conversion Rates
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- News items 2009-11-05
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- Blog posts 2008-10-24
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- Research articles 1999-07-08
- Commerce Bancshares to acquire Commerce Bank in Denver
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- Research articles 2007-05-15
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- Research articles 1999-03-12
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- Commerce NTI expands into new e-Commerce markets through two major initiatives.
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- Research articles 2001-06-20
- Electronic Commerce (EC): A Survey
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- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Commerce Bank
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- Research articles 2007-07-02
- MIDDLE EAST: COMMERCE-ONE TO BUILD WEB SITE FOR MID-EAST E-COMMERCE.(Brief Article)
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- Research articles 2000-05-09
- Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Commerce Bank
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- Research articles 2007-04-03
- COMMERCE ONE: GM joins with Commerce One to move in into business-to-business e-commerce with enterprise.
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- Research articles 1999-11-05
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- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- COMMERCE ONE: Commerce One hosts first meeting of GlGlobal Trading Web Advisory Council.
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- Research articles 1999-11-01
- Newark Electronics Joins Commerce One.net Affiliate Program; Newark to Supply Electronic Components to Global E-Commerce Community Via Commerce One.net
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- Research articles 2001-01-17
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- External links 2009-11-12
- Online vs Traditional Commerce
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- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Current State of Business-to-Business E-commerce
- The article opens the fact that with all the attention Amazon.com and other consumer Web sites receive, one would think the big money is in business-to-consumer e-commerce. The real story is that business-to-business e-commerce is a much larger market. A survey by Cahner's Publishing found that 61% of manufacturing professionals...
- White papers 2002-01-01
