trading

verb

Definition of tradingnext
present participle of trade
1
as in dealing
to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property the U.S. agreed to trade with China

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2
as in exchanging
to give up (something) and take something else in return I'll trade my chocolate chip cookie for your bag of chips

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trading
  1. exchanging
  2. trafficking
  3. swapping
  4. selling
  5. changing
  6. negotiating
Verb
  • Ball and Posen began exchanging messages.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The horns are constantly exchanging figures with the winds at soft dynamics.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of exchanging
Verb
  • The crisis at our southern border in which drug cartels are trafficking women, children, drugs, fentanyl pouring into our country.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Matthew is serving a 7-year prison sentence in Singapore's Changi Prison for trafficking meth.
    Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of trafficking
Verb
  • Meeting the electrification challenge Introducing EVs does not simply involve swapping one set of vehicles for another.
    Sverre Alvik, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Little, which puts a refreshing twist on the magical body-swapping formula used so prevalently in comedies.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of swapping
Verb
  • That particularly applies to the core of his business— buying and selling millions of dollars of bonds for the clients' portfolios.
    Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This will involve either selling, transferring, or winding down operations while maximizing value for the business and ensuring a smooth transition for employees, clients, and other stakeholders.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of selling
Verb
  • Sustaining Legacy And Scaling Responsibly As a second-generation entrepreneur, one of my central objectives has been finding ways to uphold these values while adapting and growing in a changing market.
    Mustafa Gandhi, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Through its sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia has invested billions into changing the landscape of sports, such as golf, boxing, esports and Formula One in recent years.
    Ben Church, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of changing
Verb
  • Watch on Deadline As Deadline reported in August, Yellowstone producers MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios had been negotiating with Reilly and Hauser for months.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Last Christmas Eve, Posen was with her in the hospital, negotiating with Dickson by phone.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of negotiating
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