[ˈkɒməːs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale
(e.g: the changes in taxation are of benefit to commerce)

- social dealings between people
(e.g: the noise and warmth of human commerce)

- sexual intercourse


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in commerce): from French, or from Latin commercium ‘trade, trading’, from com- ‘together’ + mercium (from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’)