| These are words that describe basic commercial transactions involving a Buyer and a Seller who exchange Money and Goods. The individual words vary in the frame element realization patterns. For example, the typical patterns for the verbs buy and sell are: BUYER buys GOODS from the SELLER for MONEY. SELLER sells GOODS to the BUYER for MONEY. |
| Buyer [Byr] | The Buyer wants the Goods and offers Money to a Seller in exchange for them. | |
| Goods [Gds] | The FE Goods is anything (including labor or time, for example) which is exchanged for Money in a transaction. | |
| Kim BOUGHT the sweater. | ||
| Kim SOLD the sweater. | ||
| Money [Mny] | Money is the thing given in exchange for Goods in a transaction. | |
| Seller [Slr] | The Seller has possession of the Goods and exchanges them for Money from a Buyer. | |
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| Means [Mns] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The means by which a commercial transaction occurs. | |
| Abby BOUGHT the car with cash. | ||
| Robin PAID for the car by check. | ||
| Rate [Rate] | Price or payment per unit of Goods. | |
| The manager PAYS the paper boys five dollars an hour Rate. | ||
| Unit [Unit] | The Unit of measure of the Goods according to which the exchange value of the Goods (or services) is set. Generally, it occurs in a by-PP. | |
| Bob SELLS peppers by weight. | ||
| Lee BUYS potatoes by the pound. | ||
| She is PAID by the hour. | ||
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Subframe of: Commerce_scenario
Has Subframes: Commerce_goods-transfer, Commerce_money-transfer
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Created by acwright on Mon Jul 16 13:29:36 CEST 2001