different between buying vs commerce
buying
English
Etymology
buy +? -ing
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba?.??/
Verb
buying
- present participle of buy
Derived terms
- impulse buying
- panic buying
Noun
buying (countable and uncountable, plural buyings)
- The act of making a purchase.
- 1707, A General Discourse of Commerce (page 126)
- […] Reckonings of all and every his Dealings, Doings, Buyings and Sellings and Employments, touching and concerning the Premises […]
- 1707, A General Discourse of Commerce (page 126)
Translations
buying From the web:
- what buying power means
- what buying and selling
commerce
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?m.?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?m.?s/, (dated) /k??m??s/
Noun
commerce (countable and uncountable, plural commerces)
- (business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.
- Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- Suppose we held our converse not in words, but in music; those who have a bad ear would find themselves cut off from all near commerce, and no better than foreigners in this big world.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
- 1648, Walter Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essaies
- these perillous commerces of our love
- 1648, Walter Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essaies
- An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
Synonyms
- trade, traffic, dealings, intercourse, interchange, communion, communication
- See also Thesaurus:copulation
Derived terms
- chamber of commerce
- commercial
Translations
Verb
commerce (third-person singular simple present commerces, present participle commercing, simple past and past participle commerced)
- (intransitive, archaic) To carry on trade; to traffic.
- 1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour
- Beware you commerce not with bankrupts.
- 1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour
- (intransitive, archaic) To hold intercourse; to commune.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Walking to the Mail
- commercing with himself
- 1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns
- Musicians […] taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Walking to the Mail
Further reading
- commerce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- commerce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Middle French commerce, borrowed from Latin commercium (“commerce, trade”), from com- (“together”) + merx (“good, wares, merchandise”); see merchant, mercenary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.m??s/
Noun
commerce m (plural commerces)
- commerce, trade
- store, shop, trader
Derived terms
- commercial
See also
- négoce
Further reading
- “commerce” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French commerce (“commerce”).
Noun
commerce
- business, commerce
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
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