department_of_commerce
1. [ noun ] (government) the federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913
Synonyms: Commerce doc Commerce_Department
Related terms: executive_department national_weather_service patent_office national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration technology_administration Bureau_of_the_Census
Similar spelling:   Department_of_Justice
  Department_of_State
  department_of_music
  Department_of_Labor
  department_of_corrections
  Department_of_Energy
  department_of_economics
  department_of_chemistry
  department_of_English
  Department_of_Defense
  Department_of_Education
  department_of_physics
  department_of_history
  department_of_biology
  department_of_mathematics
  Department_of_Agriculture
  department_of_sociology
  department_of_psychology
  department_of_philosophy
  department_of_linguistics