department of commerce

1. 1.

   the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913

   SynonymsCommerce DepartmentCommerceDoC

   Broaderexecutive department

   PartsBureau of the CensusNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationTechnology AdministrationPatent and Trademark Office Database

Questions about department of commerce

What does department of commerce mean?

department of commerce means "the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913".

What is another word for department of commerce?

Close synonyms include Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is department of commerce a common word?

department of commerce is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.