Commerce is the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money between two or more entities. Commerce is the central mechanism which drives capitalism and other economic systems. Commercialization or commercialisation is the process of transforming something into a product, service or activity which may be used in commerce. Structures where commerce takes place are public buildings known as commercial structures.
Commerce has its origins from the very start of communication in prehistoric times. Trading was the main facility of prehistoric people, who bartered what they had for goods and services from each other. Peter Watson dates the history of long-distance commerce from circa 150,000 years ago.[1]
Later, currency was introduced as a standardized money to facilitate a wider exchange of goods and services. Numismatists have collections of these monies which include coins from the earliest large-scale societies, although these were initially unmarked lumps of precious metal[2]. The major advantage to commerce of circulating a standardized currency is that money overcomes the "Double coincidence of wants" necessary for barter trades to occur. For example, if a man who makes pots for a living needs a new house, he must hire someone to build it for him. But he cannot make an equivalent number of pots to equal this service done to him, and even if he could the house builder might not want the pots. Currency solved this problem by allowing values to be assigned to things so that goods and services can in a way be effectively collected and stored for later use, or split among several providers.
Today commerce involves a complex system of companies that try to maximize their profits by offering products and services to the market, which consists both of individuals and other companies, at the lowest production cost. There is a system of world wide or foreign commerce, which some argue has gone too far (see main: Free trade).
2007-01-12 03:15:06
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answered by kripa a 3
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Commerce means trade, traffic, transportation, or other commerce: (1) Between a place in a State and any place outside of such State, including any foreign country, or between points within the same State but through any place outside thereof, or within any territory, possession, or the District of Columbia; or (2) Which affects the commerce described in this part.
www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/cfr/9cfr1.html
2007-01-12 03:10:46
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answered by sushobhan 6
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-Commerce is the trading of something of value between two entities. That "something" may be goods, services, information, money, or anything else the two entities consider to have value. Commerce is the central mechanism from which capitalism is derived.The process of transforming something into a commercial activity is called commercialization.
2007-01-12 03:09:03
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answered by elvisjohn 7
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commerce
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Exchange of goods or services for money or in kind, usually on a scale large enough to require transportation from place to place or across city, state, or national boundaries
2015-04-01 19:22:48
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answered by Anonymous
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The conduct of trade amongst economic agents. Generally, commerce refers to the exchange of goods, services or something of value, between businesses or entities
2015-04-07 23:04:51
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answered by ? 4
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it as simple as
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2007-01-12 03:09:51
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answered by mandy 1
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may be so good
2014-11-17 19:54:07
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answered by oscar 1
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