commerce department
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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 (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | executive department, |
| definition | : | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States (noun.group) |
| part holonym | : | bureau of the census, census bureau, |
| definition | : | the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States (noun.group) |
| part holonym | : | national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, |
| definition | : | an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather (noun.group) |
| part holonym | : | technology administration, |
| definition | : | an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth (noun.group) |
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