trading

NOUN

business

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commerce deal dealings exchange industry manufacturing market sales selling trade traffic transaction

STRONG

affairs bargaining barter commercialism contracts game industrialism merchandising racket undertaking

WEAK

buying and selling capital and labor free enterprise production and distribution

Example Sentences

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trading

Shares of the company fell 2.5% in early trading Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Microsoft shares rose by almost 2.9% in after hours trading in New York on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Lumentum’s stock was up 11.4% in after-hours trading Wednesday, while Marvell’s stock fell 8%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

EBay shares were up 4.3%, to $123.10, in late trading, after closing up 0.2% at $118.02 in regular trading.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Late in the afternoon, they came to the trading post.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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