Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Commerce

The interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale, between different countries or between populations within the same country. It includes trade (the buying, selling, or exchanging of commodities, whether wholesale or retail) and business (the purchase and sale of goods to make a profit). (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p411, p2005 & p283)

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The interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale, between different countries or between populations within the same country. It includes trade (the buying, selling, or exchanging of commodities, whether wholesale or retail) and business (the purchase and sale of goods to make a profit). (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p411, p2005 & p283)

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13 entry terms
  • Commerces
  • Business
  • Commercial Sector
  • Prices
  • Sales
  • Vendors
  • Businesses
  • Commercial Sectors
  • Price
  • Sale
  • Sector, Commercial
  • Sectors, Commercial
  • Vendor

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  1. J01.219w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Commerce. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003132. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003132
  2. Commerce. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce
  3. Commerce. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26643