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commerce

noun/ˈkɑmərs/

buying and selling

There was a time when this city was the center of business and commerce.

businesstrade
word origin — mid 16th century (in commerce): from French, or from Latin commercium ‘trade, trading’, from com- ‘together’ + mercium (from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’)