trading

adj, noun — 4 senses

trading

adj

/ˈtɹeɪdɪŋ/

1

Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade.

  • a trading company
2

Obsolete, Rare Frequented by traders.

  • they on the trading flood1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
3

Obsolete Venal; corrupt; jobbing.

  • a trading politician

trading

noun
1

The carrying on of trade.

Derived terms
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