trading

Definitions

The action or activity of buying and selling goods and services.

The activity of buying and selling shares, currencies, or other financial instruments for profit.

Examples

She has been trading stocks on the market for over five years.

The two countries are currently trading goods to boost their local economies.

He spent the afternoon trading baseball cards with his friends in the park.

Synonyms

exchanging bartering swapping dealing merchandising commerce trafficking

Antonyms

holding keeping retaining stagnation inactivity hoarding preserving