What does commerce mean?
Word: Commerce
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Commerce means the buying and selling of goods and services, especially on a large scale between companies or countries. In some schools it is also the name of a subject that older students can choose.
Synonyms: business, trading
How do you spell commerce?
Syllables: com - merce
Tricky part: The s sound at the end is spelt c: commerse and commers are the slips.
Watch out for: commerse, commers
Memory tip: Commerce ends in ce, just like price: there is a price on everything in commerce.
Commerce in a sentence
Example 1: Mumbai has long been a centre of commerce and banking.
Example 2: My sister chose commerce at school because she wants to be an accountant.
Example 3: Online commerce lets small weavers sell their cloth across the country.
Fun Fact
In the United Kingdom, the Department for Business and Trade looks after trade between the UK and other countries.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
co_m_rce
a) m,e
b) n,e
c) m,a
d) m,i
Show answer
a) m,e. A second m follows the first, and e comes before the rce.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
commerce
a) tourism
b) trade
c) pollution
d) farming
Show answer
b) trade. Commerce is buying and selling, which is trade.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) revinue
b) commerce
c) economy
d) industry
Show answer
a) revinue. Revenue has an e after the v, not an i.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rmcoecme
a) converse
b) concern
c) commerce
d) conserve
Show answer
c) commerce. Converse and conserve each need a v and an s, and concern needs an n; none of these is in the jumble.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A student who takes commerce as a school subject mostly studies ____.
a) history, geography and civics
b) painting, music and dance
c) accounts, business and economics
d) physics, chemistry and biology
Show answer
c) accounts, business and economics
2. Which of these is an example of commerce?
a) a family walking in a park
b) a student reading a poem
c) a child drawing a picture
d) a shop selling rice to a hotel
Show answer
d) a shop selling rice to a hotel
