transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members |
an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | the nations of the European continent collectively |
| the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles |