Commerce - Definition

n 1: transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of
supplying commodities (goods and services) [syn:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism]
2: 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 [syn:
Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce,
DoC]
3: social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.