trading

TRAY-ding/ˈtɹeɪdɪŋ/

6 meanings of trading

1
financial marketsnoununcountable
The buying and selling of shares, foreign money, and other investments on a market.
Trading on the stock market stopped early because prices were falling so fast.
My uncle lost a lot of money on online trading last year.
UsageOften in phrases like in early trading and heavy trading.
Similardealing
2
verb
Present participle of trade. Use it when the buying or swapping is in progress, or as the activity's name.
She is trading baseball cards with her friends after school.
They are trading stickers in the playground again.
UsageSay trading in something, or shares trading at a price.
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3
commerce-basedadjective
Involved in buying and selling as a business.
Venice was once a powerful trading city.
The two countries are close trading partners.
UsageComes before a noun: trading partner, trading city.
Similarcommercial, mercantile
4
noununcountable
The regular buying and selling of goods or services as a business.
Trading with nearby farms kept the small shop busy all year.
Cross-border trading grew quickly after the new treaty.
UsageSay trading in goods and trading with people or places.
Similarcommerce, dealing, business

Less common meanings

5
adjectiveobsolete
Visited often by people who buy and sell goods.
they on the trading flood
1667, John Milton, Paradise LostHere, trading means used often by traders and merchants.
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6
adjectiveobsolete
Willing to take bribes and act dishonestly.
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trading is a form of trade

trade, verb: To give something to someone and get something else back from them. Full entry

Forms: tradetrades he/she/ittrading -ing formtraded past tense, past participle
Spelling: trade → trading: drop the e, add -ing

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