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Commerce

LC control no.sh 85028901
Topical headingCommerce
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Variant(s)Trade
Traffic (Commerce)
See alsosubdivision Commerce under names of countries, cities, etc., and ethnic groups
Economics
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Business
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Merchants
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Transportation
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Scope noteHere are entered works on trade, both foreign and domestic. Works on the commerce of countries, cities, etc. are entered under headings of the type [place]--Commerce, further subdivided by place, if appropriate. If so subdivided, a second heading is assigned with the place names in reverse position, e.g. 1. Canada--Commerce--United States. 2. United States--Commerce--Canada.
Found inWork cat.: González Mireles, G.S. Historia de un comerciante en una época de transición, 1797-1821, diciembre de 2018: t.p. ([cataloger's translation] History of a merchant in an era of transition, 1797-1821)
Merriam-Webster unabridged, via WWW, viewed Jan. 5, 2021 (¹commerce, noun: 2a: the exchange or buying and selling of commodities especially on a large scale and involving transportation from place to place--compare trade, traffic. ¹trade, noun: 4b (1): b (1): the business of buying and selling or bartering commodities: exchange of goods for convenience or profit: commerce <a materials shortage that affected first manufacturing, then trade> traffic <a slump in the cotton trade> <laid off the new clerks when trade was slack> <was doing a brisk trade in umbrellas> market <souvenirs imported for the tourist trade> <children's books ... issued annually for the Christmas trade--Bookman's Glossary> specifically: exchange of merchandise between different places on a large scale <maritime nations for whom world trade is an important source of income> <carried on trade in tea and spices with the Orient> <a ship engaged in the coastwise trade>. ¹traffic, noun: 1a : commercial activity usually involving import and export trade <nurtured by land and water traffic, it grew into a commercial center--American Guide Series: Arkansas> b: the activity of exchanging commodities by bartering or buying and selling <traffic with the local people, exchanging jewelry for horses> <perishable and livestock traffic ... consigned to other than morning markets--Farmer's Weekly (South Africa)> <middle classes ... conducting the traffic by which they live--Agnes Repplier> <proud of his snug traffic in rich men's bonds, mortgages and deeds--Leo Marx> )