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Commerce
Commerce is the exchange of goods and services, especially
on a large scale.[1]

Contents
Etymology
History
See also
References

Etymology
The English-language word commerce has been derived from Portrait of 16th century merchant Georg
the Latin word commercium, from cum ("together") and Gisze
merx ("merchandise").[2]

History
Historian Peter Watson and Ramesh Manickam date the history of long-distance
commerce from circa 150,000 years ago.[4]

In historic times, the introduction of currency as a standardized money facilitated

the exchange of goods and services.[5]

Banking systems developed in medieval Europe, facilitating financial transactions

The caduceus -
across national boundaries.[6] Markets became a feature of town life, and were
used today as
regulated by town authorities.[7]
the symbol of
commerce,[3]
and traditionally See also
associated with
the Roman god Advertising Fair
Mercury, patron Bachelor of Commerce Finance
of commerce, Business Fishery
trickery and
Capitalism Harvest
thieves.
Commercial law BBA
Distribution (business) Import
Wholesale Laissez-faire
Retailing Manufacturing
Cargo Market (economics)
Eco commerce Marketing
Economy Marketplace
Electronic commerce Mass production
Export Master of Commerce
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Merchandising International trade

Roman commerce Value (economics)
Trade

References
1. "commerce" (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/commerce). English: Oxford
Living Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. n.d. Retrieved December 11, 2018. "1 The activity of
buying and selling, especially on a large scale."
2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Commerce" (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A
6dia_Britannica/Commerce). Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
p. 766.
3. Hans Biedermann, James Hulbert (trans.), Dictionary of Symbolism - Cultural Icons and the
Meanings behind Them, p. 54.
4. Watson, Peter (2005). Ideas : A History of Thought and Invention from Fire to Freud.
HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-621064-X. Introduction......./
5. Davies, Glyn (2002). Ideas: A history of money from ancient times to the present day. University
of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-1717-0.
6. Martha C. Howell (12 April 2010). Commerce Before Capitalism in Europe, 1300-1600 (https://bo
oks.google.com/books?id=ZKhZTqkqfkEC). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-76046-
1.
7. Fernand Braudel (1982). Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: The wheels of commerce
(https://books.google.com/books?id=WPDbSXQsvGIC). University of California Press. p. 30.
ISBN 978-0-520-08115-4. "Taken over by towns, the markets grew apace with them."

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