Synonyms for trading
trad·ing

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1. trading

   A business is what one follows regularly; an occupation is what he happens at any time to be engaged in; trout-fishing may be one's occupation for a time, as a relief from business; business is ordinarily for profit, while the occupation may be a matter of learning, philanthropy, or religion. A profession implies scholarship; as, the learned professions. Pursuit is an occupation which one follows with ardor. An avocation is what calls one away from other work; a vocation or calling, that to which one is called by some special fitness or sense of duty; thus, we speak of the gospel ministry as a vocation or calling, rather than a business. Trade or trading is, in general, the exchanging of one thing for another; in the special sense, a trade is an occupation involving manual training and skilled labor; as, the ancient Jews held that every boy should learn a trade. A transaction is a single action, whether in business, diplomacy, or otherwise; affair has a similar, but lighter meaning; as, this little affair; an important transaction. The plural affairs has a distinctive meaning, including all activities where men deal with one another on any considerable scale; as, a man of affairs. A job is a piece of work viewed as a single undertaking, and ordinarily paid for as such. Trade and commerce may be used as equivalents, but trade is capable of a more limited application; we speak of the trade of a village, the commerce of a nation. Barter is the direct exchange of commodities; business, trade, and commerce are chiefly transacted by means of money, bills of exchange, etc. Business, occupation, etc., may be what one does independently; employment may be in the service of another. Work is any application of energy to secure a result, or the result thus secured; thus, we speak of the work of God. Art in the industrial sense is a system of rules and accepted methods for the accomplishment of some practical result; as, the art of printing; collectively, the arts. A craft is some occupation requiring technical skill or manual dexterity, or the persons, collectively, engaged in its exercise; as, the weaver's craft.

   Synonyms:
   affair, art, avocation, barter, business, calling, commerce, concern, craft, duty, employment, handicraft, job, occupation, profession, trade, traffic, transaction, vocation, work

   Preposition:
   The business of a druggist; in business with his father; doing business for his father; have you business with me? business in New York; business about, concerning, or in regard to certain property.

Princeton's WordNet

1. tradingnoun

   buying or selling securities or commodities

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1. • Commerce

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1. tradingadjective

   Synonyms:
   commercial, mercantile

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1. tradingadjective

   Synonyms:
   commercial, mercantile, venal, corrupt, jobbing

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1. List of paraphrases for "trading":

   trade, commercial, commerce, transactions, business, exchange, transaction, trafficking, marketing, negotiation, comercial, circulation, turnover, exchanges, negotiating, bargaining, comercio, operating, sale, shopping

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1. Takuya Takahashi:

   Investors would not take large positions until they digest the outcomes of these key data, so directionless trading is expected this week and volume is likely to be thin, if these data are better than expected, the market will likely start recovering next week.

2. Zed Seselja:

   We obviously seek to have positive relations with all of our nations including China, that's our fervent hope, but we do it in a way that it's consistent with Australian values. We stand up for our democratic ideals, we stand up for Australian sovereignty, whilst continuing to seek to have strong trading and other relationships.

3. Michael McCarthy:

   (Trading) volumes are terrible. A lot of people have given up for the year with no scheduled events to push oil markets around.

4. Neale Vincent:

   As investors fight to secure some of the rapidly declining float of investable bonds, the market is trading like a department store's going-out-of-business sale.

5. Chris Morris:

   I have my mind, my body, my soul -- my maat. I'm not trading any of it away for special favors. You've taught me that nothing can be had without cost.