Spelling & Vocab: Definitions that need defining.

Commerce: The activity of buying and selling, esp. on a large scale

This definition fits perfectly with my assumption of what the dictionary's definition would be.  Hence I did not see why looking COMMERCE up would require a birds & bees kind of prelude.

I was mistaken. There are, it seems, older archaic definitions included in the dictionary.

My son's inquisitive eyes turned toward me, his brow lifting just a fraction, waiting.

I know you want to know what its archaic meaning is.....I did not explain it to my son either.