- commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
--1 is a kind of transaction, dealing, dealings
--1 has parts: transportation, shipping, transport
--1 has particulars: - Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC - the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913
--2 is a kind of executive department
--2 has parts:Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA; Technology Administration; Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office - commerce - social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
--3 is a kind of conversation