| has gloss | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism |
| has gloss | eng: Commerce is a division of trade or production which deals with the exchange of goods and services from producer to final consumer OR commerce is the exchage of goods and services from the producer to the consumer. It comprises the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information, or money between two or more entities. Commerce functions as the central mechanism which drives capitalism and certain other economic systems (but compare command economy, for example). Commercialization or commercialisation consists of the process of transforming something into a product, service or activity which one may then use in commerce. Commerce involves trade and aids to trade which help in the exchange of goods and services. |
| lexicalization | eng: commerce |
| lexicalization | eng: commercialism |
| lexicalization | eng: mercantilism |
| subclass of | (noun) the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me"
dealings, transaction, dealing |
| has subclass | (noun) the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services; "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"; "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"
trade |
| has subclass | (noun) commerce conducted electronically (as on the internet)
e-commerce |
| has subclass | (noun) reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"
interchange, exchange |
| has subclass | (noun) a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
initial public offering, initial offering, IPO |
| has subclass | (noun) the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise |
| has subclass | (noun) trade from upper-class customers
carriage trade |
| has subclass | (noun) the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
importing, importation |
| has subclass | (noun) the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
exportation, exporting |
| has subclass | (noun) the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service; "most companies have a manager in charge of marketing"
marketing |
| has subclass | (noun) the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
distribution |
| has subclass | (noun) the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
selling, marketing, merchandising |
| has subclass | (noun) buying and selling; especially illicit trade
traffic |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of paying money
defrayal, payment, defrayment |
| has subclass | (noun) the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"
nonpayment, evasion |
| has subclass | (noun) buying or selling securities or commodities
trading |
