tradingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈtreɪ.dɪŋ/us/ˈtreɪ.dɪŋ/mainly UK the activity of buying and selling goods and/or services:
She doesn't approve of Sunday trading (= shops being open on Sunday).
the buying and selling of shares and money:
The stock market moved ahead slightly in active trading today.
See also
insider dealing
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Buying & selling - general words
- all-you-can-eat
- barter
- black market
- bottom
- brokerage
- channel
- cold-calling
- desk research
- first refusal
- handle
- high street
- market share
- pawn
- pay
- supply and demand idiom
- the grey market
- trade
- trade route
- transaction
- under the counter idiom
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