Commerce Glossary This glossary will help you discover commonly used words in commerce. Accounting noun The action or process of keeping financial accounts. Example: The actual change concerns the accounting system and information system, particularly important to the distribution of power within organisations. en: Comptabilité Your browser does not support the audio element. Broker noun A person who buys and sells goods or assets for others. Example: The centralized lenders operate through brokers. en: Courtier/Courtière Your browser does not support the audio element. Commerce noun The activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale. Example: Venice contributed to the re-opening of the Mediterranean economy to Western European commerce. en: Commerce ...