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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (noun) The noun DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE has 1 sense: 1. 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 Familiarity information: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE used as a noun is very rare.
