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commercial sector:

... a part or division of an economy as identified within an system for categorizing various types of enterprises that are related to or engaged in commerce while having profit as a primary aim for being in business. Teach Me Finance.com offers a definition of the term that is different from what you see here. Also, the definition of industry has comments of commercial sector.

Commercial trade means transacting (buying or selling goods and services — exchanging one thing for another ) with profit and gain as objectives of the parties involved. Commercial trade is an expression covering business, sales, financial, and consumer transactions.

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