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masculine

/kɔ.mɛʁs/

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Translation

trade, business; shop

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

Trade between the two countries has fallen.

The shops in the centre close at seven.

repris .

He took over his father's business.

This business is doing very well.

She wants to open a small shop in town.

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This word is part of lesson 50.