department of commerce

Noun department of commerce has 1 sense

• department of commerce(n = noun.group) commerce, commerce department, doc - 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;
is a kind of executive department
has parts: bureau of the census, census bureau, national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, technology administration, patent and trademark office database, patent office