Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company. [1913 Webster]
Frequented by traders. Milton. [1913 Webster]
Venal; corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

trading, n. the act of engaging in trade.

Idiom

trading estate esp. Brit. a specially-designed industrial and commercial area. trading post a store etc. established in a remote or unsettled region. trading-stamp a stamp given to customers by some stores which is exchangeable in large numbers for various articles.

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THESAURUS

trading

abalienation, agency, alienation, amortization, amortizement, assignation, assignment, backscratching, bargain and sale, barter, bartering, bequeathal, brokerage, business, buying and selling, cession, commercial, conferment, conferral, consignation, consignment, conveyance, conveyancing, dealing, deeding, deliverance, delivery, demise, disposal, disposition, doing business, enfeoffment, even trade, exchange, give-and-take, giving, horse trading, industrial, interchange, jobbing, lease and release, logrolling, mercantile, merchandising, merchant, pork barrel, retail, retailing, sale, settlement, settling, surrender, swap, swapping, switch, trade, trafficking, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, vesting, wheeling and dealing, wholesale, wholesaling

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ROGET THESAURUS

trading

Barter

N barter, exchange, scorse, truck system, interchange, a Roland for an Oliver, quid pro quo, commutation, composition, Indian gift, trade, commerce, mercature, buying and selling, bargain and sale, traffic, business, nundination, custom, shopping, commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery, deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain, free trade, commercial, mercantile, trading, interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale, wholesale, retail, across the counter, cambio non e furto.

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