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Commerce is a branch of production which deals with the exchange of goods and services from producer to final consumer. It comprises the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money between two or more entities. Commerce functions as the central mechanism which drives capitalism and certain other economic systems (but compare command economy, for example). Commercialization or commercialisation consists of the process of transforming something into a product, service or activity which one may then use in commerce. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that Commerce be merged into this article or section. ... In business, commerce is the trading of something of value between two entities. ... It has been suggested that Commerce be merged into this article or section. ... In general, the economic value of something is how much a product or service is worth to someone relative to other things (often measured in money). ... Good (accounting) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article is about a term used in economics. ... The ASCII codes for the word Wikipedia represented in binary, the numeral system most commonly used for encoding computer information. ... For other uses, see Money (disambiguation). ... Capitalism generally refers to an economic system in which the means of production are all or mostly privately[1][2] owned and operated for profit, and in which investments, distribution, income, production and pricing of goods and services are determined through the operation of a free market. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A planned economy is an economic system in which economic decisions are made by centralized planners, who determine what sorts of goods and services to produce, and how they are to be priced and allocated. ... The process of introducing a new product into the market is called commercialization. ...

Word-usage

Commerce primarily expresses the fairly abstract notion of buying and selling, whereas trade may refer to the exchange of a specific class of goods ("the sugar trade", for example), or to a specific act of exchange (as in "a trade on the stock-exchange"). Look up Trade in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Trade centers on the exchange of goods and/or services. ... www. ...

Business on the other hand, can reference an organization set up for the purpose of engaging in manufacturing or exchange, as well as serving as a loose synonym of the abstract collective "commerce and industry". Compare retailing. Also a position in the House of Representatives. Drawing of a self-service store. ...

History

Cherry peddler in Bucharest, around 1869.

Some commentators trace the origins of commerce to the very start of communication in prehistoric times. Apart from traditional self-sufficiency, trading became a principal facility of prehistoric people, who bartered what they had for goods and services from each other. Peter Watson, the historian, dates the history of long-distance commerce from circa 150,000 years ago. ^[1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Nickname: Motto: Patria si Dreptul Meu (My Country and My Right) Location of Bucharest within Romania (in red) Coordinates: , Country County Founded 1459 (first official mentioned) Government  - Mayor Adriean Videanu Area  - City 228 km²  (88 sq mi)  - Metro 238 km² (91. ... Communication is a process that allows beings - in particular humans - to exchange information by several methods. ... Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else. ... It has been suggested that Commerce be merged into this article or section. ... Barter is a type of trade that do not use any medium of exchange, in which goods or services are exchanged for other goods and/or services. ... Peter Watson is a business writer and intellectual historian from London, England. ... The history of international trade chronicles the way that the flow of trade over long distances has shaped, and been shaped by history. ... Look up Circa on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The Latin word circa, literally meaning about, is often used to describe various dates (often birth and death dates) that are uncertain. ...

In historic times, the introduction of currency as a standardized money facilitated a wider exchange of goods and services. Numismatists have collections of these monies, which include coins from some Ancient World large-scale societies, although initial usage involved unmarked lumps of precious metal. ^[2] The circulation of a standardized currency provides the major advantage to commerce of overcoming 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 may wish to hire someone to build it for him. But he cannot make an equivalent number of pots to equal this service done for him, because even if the builder could build the house, the builder might not want the pots. Currency solved this problem by allowing a society as a whole to assign values and thus to collect goods and services effectively and to store them for later use, or to split them among several providers. For other uses, see Money (disambiguation). ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A gold nugget A precious metal is a rare metallic chemical element of high economic value. ... // A Abundance Abundance is the state in which there is more than enough. ... Barter is a type of trade that do not use any medium of exchange, in which goods or services are exchanged for other goods and/or services. ...

Today commerce includes 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 exists a system of world-wide or foreign commerce, which some argue has gone too far (see main: Free trade). 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Corporation (disambiguation). ... This article is about a term used in economics. ... Look up Market in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ...

See also: Foreign commerce

See also

• Advertisement
• Agriculture
• Business
• Capitalism
• Commercial law
• Distribution (marketing)
  • Wholesaler
• Finance
• Harvesting
  • Retailer
• Industry
• Economy
• Electronic commerce
• Fair
• Fishery
• Laissez-faire
• Manufacturer
• Manufacturing
• Marketing
• Marketplace
• Mass production
• Merchandising
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