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commerce
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transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
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Other meanings
2. noun
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
3. noun
social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
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