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1Trade — Trade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Traded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trading}.] 1. To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a… …
2trade — tradable, tradeable, adj. tradeless, adj. /trayd/, n., v., traded, trading, adj. n. 1. the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign …
3traffic — /ˈtræfɪk / (say trafik) noun 1. the coming and going of persons, vehicles, ships, aeroplanes, etc., along a way of passage or travel: an area of high traffic. 2. viewed collectively, the persons, vehicles, etc., going along such a way, especially …
4trade — /treɪd / (say trayd) noun 1. the buying and selling, or exchanging, of commodities, either by wholesale or by retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade. 2. a purchase, sale, or exchange. 3. a form of occupation… …
5traffic — / træfɪk/ noun illegal trade ● drugs traffic or traffic in drugs …
6traffic — traf·fic 1 n often attrib 1 a: import and export trade b: the business of bartering or buying and selling c: illegal or disreputable usu. commercial activity the drug traffic 2 a: the movement (as of vehicles or pedestrians) through an area or… …
7Traffic congestion — Traffic jam redirects here. For other uses, see Traffic jam (disambiguation). Traffic congestion on Marginal Pinheiros, near downtown São Paulo. According to Time magazine, São Paulo has the world s worst traffic jams.[1 …
8traffic — [traf′ik] n. [Fr trafic < It traffico < trafficare, to trade < L trans, across +It ficcare, to thrust in, bring < VL * figicare, intens. for L figere: see FINISH] 1. Archaic a) transportation of goods for trading b) trading over great …
9Traffic in Towns — was an influential report and popular book on urban and transport planning policy produced in 1963 for the UK Department of Transport by a team headed by the architect, civil engineer and planner Professor Sir Colin Buchanan.cite… …
10Traffic — Traf fic, n. [Cf. F. trafic, It. traffico, Sp. tr[ a]fico, tr[ a]fago, Pg. tr[ a]fego, LL. traficum, trafica. See {Traffic}, v.] 1. Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade. [1913 Webster] A …
