trading housen.
/ˈtreɪdɪŋ haʊs/, U.S. /ˈtreɪdɪŋ ˌhaʊs/ 1. Esp. in North America: a building in which trade or barter, esp. between settlers or traders and indigenous peoples, takes place; cf. trading post n. 1a. Now historical.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > trading post > building or room
trading house1633
trade room1734
1633 J. Winthrop 12 July in Jrnl. (1996) 92 There was a motion to sett vp a tradinge house.
1726 S. Penhallow in New Hampsh. Hist. Soc. Coll. (1824) I. 21 Trading-houses in several places were hereupon engaged.
1823 S. H. Long Exped. I. 91 There are no settlements on its banks, except at the mouth, where is a trading house, and a residence of a single family.
1914 R. H. Nassau My Ogowe ii. 28 The real gain for the firm of H. & C. was to be made..in the Galwa trading-house, under his sub-factor, Mr. T. Sinclair.
2010 Amer. Antiq. 75 45/1 Another prominent historical perspective views events at the end of the Removal period as being best explained as the result of a conflict between two rival trading houses.
2. A firm that specializes in buying and selling merchandise, esp. internationally; a company that imports and exports goods, or facilitates this process.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company
incorporation1530
acquisitor1668
private company?1711
private practice1724
public company1730
trading house1760
acquiror1789
in-company1791
public corporation1796
company1800
subsidiary company1823
proprietary company1824
stock-company1827
trust company1827
subsidiary1828
concessionaire1839
commandite1844
statutory company1847
parent company1854
mastership1868
state enterprise1886
Pty.1904
asset class1931
acquirer1950
parent1953
growth company1959
spin-off1959
non-profit1961
shell1964
not-for-profit1969
vehicle1971
spin-out1972
startup1975
greenfield1982
large-cap1982
monoline1984
small cap1984
mid-cap1988
multidomestic1989
dotcom1996
1760 Comment on Late Extraordinary Let. 20 The younger sons of the several great trading houses in England might be established in Ireland.
1884 Liverpool Mercury 16 July 5/7 To their efforts not a little of the success of our trading houses abroad is due.
1922 C. S. Cooper Foreign Trade Markets v. 53 We shall come off as badly as many an upstart trading house that began to seek markets during the war.
1976 Newsweek 23 Feb. 44/1 Foreign firms doing business in Japan have long considered an arrangement with a local shosha, or trading house.
2014 W. Kerr & N. Perdikis Guide to Global Business Environment xiii. 201 Using a trading house may be much more cost-effective for firms wishing to sell a small volume.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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