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Commerce The practice of buying and selling goods and services, whether for use or investment. Commerce usually refers to buying and selling on a large scale; that is, the sale of one widget is a transaction, while the sale of all the widgets in a country is the commerce of widgets. See also: E-commerce. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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We are a global company, so it is only right that the Board of Management is based in a center of international commerce," he states. For recyclers engaged in international commerce (and that is a healthy percentage this decade), a world in conflict--or one that begins dividing itself into walled off compounds--presents a gloomy prospect. The establishment of the empire resulted primarily from commercial and political motives and emigration movements (see imperialism); its long endurance resulted from British command of the seas and preeminence in international commerce, and from the flexibility of British rule. |
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