commerce: Meaning and Definition of

com•merce

1. an interchange of goods or commodities, esp. on a large scale between different countriesor between different parts of the same countrytrade; business.
2. social relations, esp. the exchange of views, attitudes, etc.
3. sexual intercourse.
4. intellectual or spiritual interchange; communion.
5. (cap.) Also calledthe Department of Commerce.

Com•merce

1. a town in SW California. 10,509.