English > commerce: 3 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
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| Synonyms | commercialism, mercantilism |
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| Category of | antique | shop / shop for antiques |
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| arbitrage | practice arbitrage, as in the stock market |
| auction, auction off, auctioneer | sell at an auction |
| barter away | trade in in a bartering transaction |
| broker | act as a broker |
| buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
| clear | sell |
| commercialize, commercialise, market | make commercial |
| comparison-shop | compare prices for a given item |
| deaccession | sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works |
| deal, sell, trade | do business |
| deal | sell |
| export | sell or transfer abroad |
| foist off, palm off, fob off | sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive |
| franchise | grant a franchise to |
| get | purchase |
| import | bring in from abroad |
| impulse-buy | buy on impulse without proper reflection |
| market | Engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of |
| market | Deal in a market |
| market | buy household supplies |
| negociate | sell or discount |
| pawn, soak, hock | Leave as a guarantee in return for money |
| pick up | buy casually or spontaneously |
| realize, realise | convert into cash |
| remainder | sell cheaply as remainders |
| resell | sell (something) again after having bought it |
| retail | sell on the retail market |
| retail | Be sold at the retail level |
| sell | Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| sell out, sell up, liquidize | Get rid of all one's merchandise |
| sell short | sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price / price and thus to earn a profit |
| shop | Do one's shopping / shopping |
| shop, browse | shop around |
| smuggle | import or export without paying customs duties |
| stock, buy in, stock up | Amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use |
| take | buy, select |
| trade, trade in | turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase |
| trade, merchandise | Engage in the trade of |
| trade | Be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions |
| traffic | trade or deal a commodity |
| transact | Conduct business |
| trust | Extend credit / credit to |
| turn | Get by buying and selling |
| turn over | do business / business worth a certain amount of money |
| usance | The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange) |
| wholesale | sell in large quantities |
| Attributes | commercial | Connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial ... / commercial enterprises |
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| noncommercial | not connected with or engaged in commercial ... / commercial enterprises |
| Parts | transportation, shipping, transport | The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials |
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| Narrower | carriage trade | trade from upper-class customers |
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| commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects |
| distribution | The commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer |
| e-commerce | commerce conducted electronically (as on the internet) |
| evasion, nonpayment | The deliberate act of failing to pay money |
| exchange, interchange | reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries) |
| exporting, exportation | The commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country |
| importing, importation | The commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country |
| initial public offering, IPO, initial offering | A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public |
| marketing | The commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service |
| payment, defrayal, defrayment | The act of paying money |
| selling, merchandising, marketing | The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money |
| trade | The commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services |
| trading | buying or selling securities or commodities |
| traffic | buying and selling |
| Broader | transaction, dealing, dealings | The act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) |
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| Spanish | comercialismo, comercio, mercantilismo, mercantilización |
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| Catalan | comercialisme, comerç, mercantilisme |
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| Adjectives | commercial | connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial ... / commercial enterprises |
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| commercial | of or relating to commercialism |
| commercial | of the kind or quality used in commerce |
