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/kɔ.mɛʁs/

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Translation

trade, business; shop

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Word origin

From Latin commercium ('trade'), from com- ('together') and merx ('goods, wares').

Origin
Latin
Root
commercium
English cognates
commerce, merchant, market

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralcommerces

Examples

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Trade between the two countries has fallen.

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The shops in the centre close at seven.

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He took over his father's business.

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This business is doing very well.

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She wants to open a small shop in town.

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This word is taught in chapter 28, lesson 7: commerce, industrie, connu and 7 more words.