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- pronunciation:
- ka
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 rs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the exchange of goods or services for money; business transactions.
The trade agreement is expected to increase commerce between the two nations.The old marketplace is still a center of commerce in the city.
- synonyms:
- business, dealings, trade, transaction
- similar words:
- barter, exchange, marketing, merchandising, traffic
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| definition 2: |
social interaction.
Dances were arranged to promote a certain amount of commerce between students of the two schools.- synonyms:
- intercourse, relations, sociality
- similar words:
- association
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| related words: |
economy, information |
adjective + (n.)commerce
assistant, bustling, congressional, dormant, electronic, extensive, foreign, global, international, interstate, interstellar, legitimate, local, maritime, online, peaceful, petty, regulatory, substantial, vital
verb + (n.)commerce
affect, balance, ban, burden, constitute, discriminate, disrupt, engage, facilitate, govern, impose, interfere, prohibit, promote, regulate, stimulate, tax, violate
(n.)commerce
+ verb
finance, flow, ship
noun + (n.)commerce
agriculture,
art,
artery,
barrier,
burden,
chamber,
chemical,
communication,
connection,
creativity,
deputy,
diplomacy,
discrimination,
dollar,
economics,
enterprise,
expansion,
flow,
hub,
impediment,
industry,
infrastructure,
instrumentality,
interference,
medium,
nominee,
politics,
pursuit,
realm,
regulation,
scope,
sector,
shipping,
spread,
stream,
taxation,
trade,
undersecretary
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The word commerce
contains the following parts:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " commemorate
" and " command
."
Example words:
accomplish, combat, combine, commerce, commercial, commingle, commission, commissioner, commit, comparison, complex, comport, comprehend, incomprehensible, command, commemorate, commute, compare, compel, complacent, complete, complement, complicate, compliment, compose, component, compound1, compulsory, compulsive, computer, compute
- synonyms:
- syn-
merc, merch
Latin
root
that means trade, merchandise
Example words:
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