Department of Commerce
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 (Freq. 2) • Syn: Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC • Hypernyms: executive department • Part Meronyms: Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Technology Administration, Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office
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