Archaic or rare verb meaning ‘to trade’ or ‘to have intercourse’; still attested in historical and literary texts.
Translations
For centuries the villages commerced with each other across the river.
Pendant des siècles, les villages ont commercé entre eux de part et d'autre de la rivière.
Definitions
To engage in trade or dealings; to traffic. For centuries the villages commerced with each other across the river.
To have sexual intercourse (archaic). The tale spoke of spirits that commerced with mortals under the moon.
Used attributively before another noun to mean ‘relating to commerce’; functions adjectivally.
Translations
The commerce department released new trade figures.
Le département commercial a publié de nouveaux chiffres du commerce.
Definitions
Relating to commerce; commercial (used attributively before a noun). The commerce department released new trade figures.