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Definition of Department of commerce
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Executive Department
Terms within: Bureau Of The Census, Census Bureau, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, Noaa, Technology Administration, Patent And Trademark Office Database, Patent Office
Lexicographical Neighbors of Department Of Commerce
Literary usage of Department of commerce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1922)
"All of these bureaus and services were then transferred to the new Department of
Commerce and Labor, but the Treasury Department nevertheless retained many ..."
2. Guide to the Archives of the Government of the United States in Washington by Claude Halstead Van Tyne (1907)
"department of commerce AND LABOR. The Department of Commerce and Labor was
organized on July 1, 1903, under the act of February 14, 1903. ..."
3. The Law of Interstate Commerce and Its Federal Regulation by Frederick Newton Judson (1905)
"THE department of commerce AND LABOR. Pui?eg 351. The Department of Commerce and
Labor 352. Section six oC the Act 853. ..."
4. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Frederic Solomon (1986)
"Washington, DC ^US Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration.
1984. Country Market Survey: Medical Equipment—Argentina. ..."
5. Urban Change and Poverty by Michael G. H. McGeary, Laurence E. Lynn (1988)
"Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce. 1970 County Business Patterns.
Machine-Read able Files. Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce. ..."
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