chamber of commerce

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chamber of commerce - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Commerce \Com"merce\, n.
  
     Note: (Formerly accented on the second syllable.) [F.
           commerce, L. commercium; com- + merx, mercis,
           merchandise. See Merchant.]
     1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp.
        the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between
        different places or communities; extended trade or
        traffic.
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              The public becomes powerful in proportion to the
              opulence and extensive commerce of private men.
                                                    --Hume.
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     2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in
        society with another; familiarity.
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              Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce
              with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     3. Sexual intercourse. --W. Montagu.
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     4. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to
        exchange, barter, or trade. --Hoyle.
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     Chamber of commerce. See Chamber.
  
     Syn: Trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange;
          communion; communication.
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  Chamber \Cham"ber\, n. [F. chambre, fr. L. camera vault, arched
     roof, in LL. chamber, fr. Gr. ? anything with a vaulted roof
     or arched covering; cf. Skr. kmar to be crooked. Cf.
     Camber, Camera, Comrade.]
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     1. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a
        bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
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     2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. "A bachelor's life in
        chambers." --Thackeray.
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     3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative
        body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate
        chamber.
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     4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or
        association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of
        Commerce.
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     5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as,
        the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the
        chamber of the eye.
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     6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts
        business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such
        official business as may be done out of court.
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     7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.]
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     8. (Mil.)
        (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which
            holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from
            the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made
            smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in
            breech-loading guns.
        (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to
            contain the powder.
        (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on
            its breech, without any carriage, formerly used
            chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.
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     Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary.
  
     Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the
        interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and
        traders of a city.
  
     Chamber council, a secret council. --Shak.
  
     Chamber counsel or Chamber counselor, a counselor who
        gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does
        not advocate causes in court.
  
     Chamber fellow, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum.
  
     Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber.
  
     Chamber lye, urine. --Shak.
  
     Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to
        performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience
        room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church.
  
     Chamber practice (Law.), the practice of counselors at law,
        who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in
        court.
  
     To sit at chambers, to do business in chambers, as a judge.
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chamber of commerce - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chamber of commerce
      n 1: an association of businessmen to protect and promote
           business interests

chamber of commerce - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "chamber of commerce":
     Aktiengesellschaft, aktiebolag, body corporate, business,
     business establishment, cartel, combine, commercial enterprise,
     compagnie, company, concern, conglomerate,
     conglomerate corporation, consolidating company, consortium,
     copartnership, corporate body, corporation,
     diversified corporation, enterprise, firm, holding company, house,
     industry, joint-stock association, joint-stock company,
     operating company, partnership, plunderbund, pool, public utility,
     stock company, syndicate, trade association, trust, utility