Trafficking - English meaning

noun

An agreement between two or more people or groups as to what each will do for the other.

Usage examples:

Bargains between political parties supporting the government

verb

Negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction.

Usage examples:

He bargained with the local council to rent the stadium

noun

An advantageous purchase

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…

adjective

(of alcoholic drink or a recording) made, distributed, or sold illegally.

Usage examples:

Bootleg cassettes

verb

Make, distribute, or sell (alcoholic drink or a recording) illegally.

Usage examples:

He amassed a fortune bootlegging whisky

noun

An illegal musical recording, especially one made at a concert.

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

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 …

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

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

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

verb

Move (goods) illegally into or out of a country.

Usage examples:

He's been smuggling cigarettes from gibraltar into spain

verb

Import or export without paying customs duties

verb

To take things or people to or from a country or place illegally and secretly

Usage examples:

He was caught trying to smuggle goods across the border., drug smugglers

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

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

Usage examples:

A move to ban all trade in ivory

verb

Buy and sell goods and services.

Usage examples:

Middlemen trading in luxury goods

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services esp. between countries

Usage examples:

[ u ] foreign trade, [ u ] a trade agreement, [ c ] the building trades, [ u ] he’s an auto mechani…