English noun: Department of Commerce | |||
1. | Department of Commerce (group) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Commerce, Commerce Department, DoC | ||
Broader (hypernym) | executive department | ||
Part holonym | Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office, Technology Administration | ||