| Trading 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trade. 2. (a.) Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company. 3. (a.) Frequented by traders. 4. (a.) Venal; corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician. Thesaurus Entries abalienation, agency, alienation, amortization, amortizement, assignation, assignment, backscratching, bargain and sale, barter, bartering, bequeathal, brokerage, business, buying and selling, cession, commercial, conferment, conferral, consignation, consignment, conveyance, conveyancing, dealing, deeding, deliverance, delivery, demise, disposal, disposition, doing business, enfeoffment, even trade, exchange, give-and-take, giving, horse trading, industrial, interchange, jobbing, lease and release, logrolling, mercantile, merchandising, merchant, pork barrel, retail, retailing, sale, settlement, settling, surrender, swap, swapping, switch, trade, trafficking, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, vesting, wheeling and dealing, wholesale, wholesaling |