Commerce

Peddlers selling goods at a railway station

Commerce is another word for trade or business and can mean simply the buying and selling of goods and services. Car-sales and online-stores are among the biggest commercial activities.

Some commerce involves high finance and big companies and organisations. Commercial real estate is a place to do business.

Interstate commerce is the movement of goods, money or transportation between two or more states. International trade is the exchange of goods and services between countries.

Commerce Media

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  The caduceus – used today as the symbol of commerce, and traditionally associated with the Roman god Mercury, patron of commerce, trickery and thieves