| 单词 | triangular trade |
| 释义 | > as lemmastriangular trade triangular trade n. a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another; spec. (Historical) in the slave trade (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > other trading methods > [noun] fair trading1685 grocery1689 carriage trade1720 sale or (formerly and) return1795 Labour Exchange1828 security system1831 smousingc1876 postal trade1902 triangular trade1934 switch trading1967 relationship management1970 p-y-o1977 counter-trade1978 pick-your-own1980 counter-trading1983 fair trade1986 carry trade1994 1934 C. M. MacInnes England & Slavery iii. 39 After the Restoration a great triangular trade developed between England, the West Coast of Africa and the West Indies or the continental colonies. 1948 T. S. Ashton Industr. Revol. 1760–1830 ii. 47 Cloth, firearms, hardware, and trinkets were sent to Africa and exchanged for slaves, who were shipped to the West Indies to pay for the luxuries and raw material which constituted the final cargo in this disreputable, triangular trade. 1971 C. Plimmer & D. Plimmer Damn'd Master ii. 26 With the profits from the sale of the slaves in the West Indies they bought sugar..which, back in Europe, they sold for a second profit with which in turn they bought more goods... This became known as the triangular trade. < as lemmas |
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