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The Devil's Dictionary: Commerce
by Ambrose Bierce COMMENDATIONCOMMONWEALTHCOMMERCE -n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E…E-commerce Consultant
No Name Tell us about your work---what do you do? I work for the consulting group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), the leading professional…e-commerce
(Encyclopedia) e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such…Commerce, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Commerce, city (2020 pop. 12,459), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1960. An important transportation hub for S…commerce, in economics
(Encyclopedia) commerce, traffic in goods, usually thought of as trade between states or nations. Engaged in by all peoples from the earliest times, it has been carried on in some areas and by some…chamber of commerce
(Encyclopedia) chamber of commerce, local association of business people organized to promote the welfare of their community, especially its commercial interests. Each chamber of commerce usually has…Interstate Commerce Commission
(Encyclopedia) Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), former independent agency of the U.S. government, established in 1887; it was charged with regulating the economics and services of specified…Commerce, United States Department of
(Encyclopedia) Commerce, United States Department of, federal executive department charged with promoting U.S. economic development and technological advancement. In Feb., 1903, the Congress…Wabash Case
(Encyclopedia) Wabash Case, popular name for Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1886. The decision narrowed earlier ones (see Munn v.…Jones, Jesse Holman
(Encyclopedia) Jones, Jesse Holman, 1874–1956, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1940–45), b. Robertson co., Tenn. A lumber magnate, banker, and millionaire of Houston, Tex., Jones was appointed (1932) by…Trending
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