Commerce – buying and selling on a large scale

(Pronounced kom-urse)

To remember the definition of the word commerce, use the following mnemonic:

Computerised nurses (commerce) will be useful all over the world. They will be bought and sold on a large scale.

Examples of commerce in a sentence

He set up his own e-commerce site that specialised in the buying and selling of antiques. 

The commerce of some nations revolve mostly around oil exports. 

The department of commerce needed a new plan to try to stabilise the nations economy.