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commerce
Part of speech: NounInterchange of merchandise on a large scale between nations or individuals; intercourse.
Usage examples "commerce":- Is it to him we are to prove our good faith in the peace which we are soliciting to receive from the hands of his and our robbers, the enemies of all arts, all sciences, all civilization, and all commerce? - "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)", Edmund Burke.
- This is a striking proof that the fault of the Greek and Roman republicks was not owing to the form of their government, and that the spirit of commerce is the great bond of union among citizens. - "Essays on the Constitution of the United States", Paul Leicester Ford.
- This latter species of commerce may be carried on in the summer months- as late as July. - "A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One", Thomas Frognall Dibdin.