Commerce

//ˈkɒm.əs//

"Commerce" in a Sentence (17 examples)

We must promote commerce with neighboring countries.

English is useful in commerce.

The soul of commerce is upright dealing.

Commerce led to the development of cities.

The Commerce Department reports retail sales rose seven-tenths of 1 percent last month mainly thanks to strong auto sales.

Osaka is the center of commerce in Japan.

Electronic commerce began to spread rapidly.

Along with Tokyo, Osaka is a center of commerce.

He made his fortune from commerce.

Legal changes threaten online sales in digital commerce.

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[A]ll libertine diſcourſe, and familiarities vvith vvomen, […] nay even friendſhip it ſelfe […] muſt be vvatched vvith great prudence to be kept ſafe: for vvhich cauſe in ſtead of all theſe perillous commerces of our love, I vvill preferre ſo ſecure an object to it, […]

Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.

Suppose we held our converse not in words, but in music; those who have a bad ear would find themselves cut off from all near commerce, and no better than foreigners in this big world.

carnal commerce

[A]lwaies beware you commerce not with bankrupts, […]

No, sir, he, / Vex'd with a morbid devil in his blood / That veil'd the world with jaundice, hid his face / From all men, and commercing with himself, / He lost the sense that handles daily life— […]

Musicians […] taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven.

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