Commerce.
ETYM From Busy.
1. A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; SYN. concern, business concern, business organization.
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2. A rightful concern or responsibility; used in such phrases as or.
3. An immediate objective.
4. Business concerns collectively; SYN. business sector.
5. Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; SYN. stage business, byplay.
6. The volume of business activity.
ETYM French commerce, Latin commercium; com- + merx, mercis, merchandise. Related to Merchant.
1. Social exchange, esp. of opinions, attitudes, etc.
2. Transactions having the objective of supplying commodities; SYN. commercialism, mercantilism.