Trading - English meaning

verb

Exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.

Usage examples:

He often bartered a meal for drawings

noun

The action or system of bartering.

Usage examples:

Paper money ceases to have any value and people resort to barter

verb

To exchange goods for other things rather than for money

Usage examples:

Barter something for something he bartered his stamp collection for her comics., barter with we spe…

noun

An agreement saying that the remaining partners of a company will buy the part of a company owned by a partner who dies, becomes unable to work, or wants to sell

Usage examples:

A buy-and-sell agreement will protect the business from collapse if a partner dies., drafting a pro…

verb

Distribute (cards) in an orderly rotation to players for a game or round.

Usage examples:

The cards were dealt for the last hand

noun

An agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit, especially in a business or political context.

Usage examples:

The government was ready to do a deal with the opposition

noun

Fir or pine wood as a building material.

Usage examples:

Softwoods such as deal were more usually painted over

noun

An act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same kind) in return.

Usage examples:

Negotiations should lead to an exchange of land for peace

verb

Short for telephone exchange.

verb

To change something for something else of a similar value or type

Usage examples:

This shirt is too small – can i exchange it for one in a larger size?, before we left the meeting, …

verb

Beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment.

Usage examples:

The men had been flogged and branded on the forehead

noun

An arduous climb or struggle.

Usage examples:

A long flog up the mountainside

verb

Beat with a whip, rod, or cane

noun

A bird of prey with broad rounded wings and a long tail, typically taking prey by surprise with a short chase.

Usage examples:

Bird watchers will be treated to the sight of caracara hawks, florida sandhill cranes, and numerous…

verb

(of a person) hunt game with a trained hawk.

Usage examples:

He spent the afternoon hawking

verb

Carry about and offer (goods) for sale, typically advertising them by shouting.

Usage examples:

Street traders were hawking costume jewellery

noun

A regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other commodities.

Usage examples:

They wanted to browse around the street market

verb

Advertise or promote (something).

Usage examples:

The product was marketed under the name ‘aspirin’

noun

An open area, building, or event at which people gather to buy and sell goods or food

Usage examples:

Are you sure there’s a market for something like this?, the teenage/adult market, domestic/foreign …

noun

Goods to be bought and sold.

Usage examples:

Shops which offered an astonishing range of merchandise

verb

Promote the sale of (goods), especially by their presentation in retail outlets.

Usage examples:

A new breakfast food can easily be merchandised

noun

Commodities offered for sale

verb

(of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system).

Usage examples:

The prime minister operates a system of divide and rule

verb

Perform as expected when applied

verb

To work or cause something to work, be in action, or have an effect

Usage examples:

[ t ] how do you operate the remote control unit?, [ i ] changes are being introduced to make the d…

verb

Try to sell (something, especially small goods) by going from place to place.

Usage examples:

He peddled printing materials around the country

verb

To sell things, esp. by taking them to different places

Usage examples:

Mrs. cawthorn peddled vegetables out of the back of a pickup truck to earn a living.

verb

To try to sell things, especially on the street, by phone, etc.

Usage examples:

A number of suspect technology stocks are being peddled by fringe brokers in london financial circl…

verb

Take the place of.

Usage examples:

Ian's smile was replaced by a frown

verb

To take the place of something or put in the place of something or someone else

Usage examples:

We replaced our old air conditioners., the ailing actress was replaced by her understudy., after du…

verb

To take the place of something or someone else

Usage examples:

The single farm payment will replace all subsidy schemes in january., four people have left the da'…

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Usage examples:

The dog ran across the road

noun

An act or spell of running.

Usage examples:

I usually go for a run in the morning

verb

Move fast by using one's feet

noun

A person or thing acting or serving in place of another.

Usage examples:

Soya milk is used as a substitute for dairy milk

verb

Use or add in place of.

Usage examples:

Dried rosemary can be substituted for the fresh herb

verb

To use someone or something instead of another person or thing

Usage examples:

[ t ] you can substitute oil for butter in this recipe., [ i ] he was called on to substitute for t…

verb

Take part in an exchange of.

Usage examples:

We swapped phone numbers

noun

An act of exchanging one thing for another.

Usage examples:

Let's do a swap

verb

Exchange or give in exchange for

noun

A device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Usage examples:

The guard hit a switch and the gate swung open

verb

Change the position, direction, or focus of.

Usage examples:

The company switched the boats to other routes

verb

Device for making or breaking the connections in a circuit

verb

Attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach.

Usage examples:

Sanjay was touting his wares

noun

A person who buys up tickets for an event to resell them at a profit.

Usage examples:

That is unless you're prepared to shell out a hefty sum to a ticket tout.

determiner

Used before the name of a city to refer to its high society or people of importance.

Usage examples:

Le tout washington adored him

noun

Vehicles moving on a public highway.

Usage examples:

A stream of heavy traffic

verb

Deal or trade in something illegal.

Usage examples:

We must vigorously enforce our laws against those who traffic in drugs

noun

The movement of vehicles or people along roads, or the movement of aircraft, trains, or ships along a route

Usage examples:

Heavy/rush-hour traffic, air traffic has increased 30% in the last decade., they’re trying to cut d…

noun

A large, heavy road vehicle used for carrying goods, materials, or troops; a lorry.

Usage examples:

Since yesterday, we have seen a fair bit of traffic on the roads here and lorries and trucks carryi…

verb

Convey by truck.

Usage examples:

The food was trucked to st petersburg

verb

Barter or exchange.

Usage examples:

Usually it is the male members of the family who walk or transport the buffaloes into bolu; it is m…