Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 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; 
[syn: Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Department of Commerce
    n 1: 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 [syn: Department of Commerce, Commerce Department,
         Commerce, DoC]