| commerce department | The Commerce Department reports retail sales rose seven-tenths of 1 percent last month mainly thanks to strong auto sales. |
| commerce department | The Commerce Department reports retail sales rose seven-tenths of 1 percent last month mainly thanks to strong auto sales. |
| department of commerce | (n) 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. Commerce, Commerce Department, DoC |