commerce: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 16 letter points · starts with C · ends with E
Meaning of commerce
noun
- countable, uncountable
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.
- countable, uncountable
Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
- countable, uncountable
An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Sexual intercourse.
Example: carnal commerce
Listed forms: commerces.
Source: Wiktionary — commerce.
verb
- archaic, intransitive
To carry on trade; to traffic.
- archaic, intransitive
To hold conversation; to communicate.
Listed forms: commerces, commercing, commerced.
Source: Wiktionary — commerce.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for commerce.
noun
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is commerce in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of commerce
C(3) + O(1) + M(3) + M(3) + E(1) + R(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 16 points.
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Anagrams of commerce
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from commerce
41 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in commerce. Showing up to 24, longest first.