negoce

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noun

business; occupation or enterprise

OriginFrench négoce →
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Meanings

nounnegoce (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablebusiness; occupation or enterprise

    He was part of that time a Publican , or Collecter of Taxes and Customs : Could not that perpetual negoce and converse with Dorians bring his mouth , by degrees , to speak a little broader ?

    1699, A Dissertation Upon the Epistles of Phalaris, Richard Bentley

Origin

  1. Frenchnégoce
  2. Englishnegoce

From French négoce. See negotiate.

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APA

negoce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negoce

MLA

“negoce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negoce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “negoce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negoce.

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