Commerce vs. Trade

Commercenoun

(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.

Commercenoun

Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.

Commercenoun

(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.

Commercenoun

A 19th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

Commerceverb

To carry on trade; to traffic.

Commerceverb

To hold intercourse; to commune.

Commercenoun

The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

Commercenoun

Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.

Commercenoun

Sexual intercourse.

Commercenoun

A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

Commerceverb

To carry on trade; to traffic.

Commerceverb

To hold intercourse; to commune.

Commercenoun

transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

Commercenoun

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

Commercenoun

social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.

Commerce

Commerce is the exchange of goods and services, especially on a large scale.

Tradenoun

(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.

Tradenoun

(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.

Tradenoun

(countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.

Tradenoun

(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.

Tradenoun

(countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.

Tradenoun

(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.

Tradenoun

An occupation in the secondary sector; as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.

Tradenoun

The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.

Tradenoun

Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.

Tradenoun

(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.

Tradenoun

A brief sexual encounter.

Tradenoun

Instruments of any occupation.

Tradenoun

(mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.

Tradenoun

(obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.

Tradenoun

(obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To engage in trade

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.

Tradeverb

(transitive) To give (something) in exchange for.

Tradeverb

To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.

Tradeverb

To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).

Tradenoun

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

Tradenoun

Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment.

Tradenoun

Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing.

Tradenoun

Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.

Tradenoun

The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.

Tradenoun

Instruments of any occupation.

Tradenoun

A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.

Tradenoun

The trade winds.

Tradenoun

Refuse or rubbish from a mine.

Tradeverb

To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business.

Tradeverb

To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.

Tradeverb

To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; - usually followed by with.

Tradeverb

To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter.

Trade

imp. of Tread.

Tradenoun

the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services;

Tradenoun

people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;

Tradenoun

an equal exchange;

Tradenoun

the skilled practice of a practical occupation;

Tradenoun

a particular instance of buying or selling;

Tradenoun

the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers;

Tradenoun

steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator;

Tradeverb

engage in the trade of;

Tradeverb

turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase;

Tradeverb

be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions;

Tradeverb

exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Tradeverb

do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;

Tradeadjective

relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce;

Tradenoun

the action of buying and selling goods and services

Tradenoun

the practice of making one's living in business, as opposed to in a profession or from unearned income

Tradenoun

(in sport) a transfer

Tradenoun

a job requiring manual skills and special training

Tradenoun

the people engaged in a particular area of business

Tradenoun

people licensed to sell alcoholic drink.

Tradenoun

a trade wind

Tradeverb

buy and sell goods and services

Tradeverb

buy or sell (a particular item or product)

Tradeverb

(especially of shares or currency) be bought and sold at a specified price

Tradeverb

exchange (something) for something else, typically as a commercial transaction

Tradeverb

give and receive (something, typically insults or blows)

Tradeverb

transfer (a player) to another team

Trade

Trade involves the transfer of goods or services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market.