commerce : Idioms & Phrases


article of commerce

  • noun an article that is offered for sale
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Chamber of commerce

  • noun an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests
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  • . See Chamber.
  • a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city.
Webster 1913

commerce department

  • noun 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
    Commerce; Commerce Department; DoC.
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commerce secretary

  • noun the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Commerce
    Commerce Secretary.
    • the first Commerce Secretary was William C. Redfield who was appointed by Wilson
  • noun the position of the head of the Department of Commerce
    Commerce Secretary.
    • the position of Commerce Secretary was created in 1913
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department of commerce

  • noun 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
    Commerce; Commerce Department; DoC.
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department of commerce and labor

  • noun a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913
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e-commerce

  • noun commerce conducted electronically (as on the internet)
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interstate commerce

  • n. commerce that involves transportation of articles of commerce across state lines [U.S.].
Webster 1913

interstate commerce commission

  • noun a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995
    ICC.
    • the ICC was established in 1887 as the first federal agency
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  • The governmental commision charged with making and enforcing regulations concerning interstate commerce.
Webster 1913

secretary of commerce

  • noun the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Commerce
    Commerce Secretary.
    • the first Commerce Secretary was William C. Redfield who was appointed by Wilson
  • noun the position of the head of the Department of Commerce
    Commerce Secretary.
    • the position of Commerce Secretary was created in 1913
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secretary of commerce and labor

  • noun head of a former executive department created in 1903 and divided into two departments in 1913
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