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Excerpt from The Elements of Commerce, Politics and Finances, in Three Treatises on Those Important Subjects: Designed as a Supplement to the Education of British Youth, After They Quit the Public Universities or Private Academies
C 0 M M E R C E, in the general fenfe of the word, means no more than 'a reciprocal communication, intercourfe, or correfpondence, between man and man but, as a term of art, it confiantly includes the idea of exchange, and, in' its ordinary acceptation, it ferves to dif'tinguifh the mercantile negotiations, carried on by the inhabitants of different nations with each other, from the Operations of inland traffic, commonly known under the denomination of trade, and limited to a particular place or country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
