Commerce
As a port and market town Yarmouth has long had local commercial significance. It still has some boat yards and chandlery, and although relatively small in size it still supports a number of shops, hotels, pubs and restaurants, supported partly by passing trade from the ferry terminal and by visiting yacht-owners in the harbour.
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Famous quotes containing the word commerce:
“Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
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—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
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—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)