trading(n = noun.act) - buying or selling securities or commodities;
is a kind of commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
has particulars: bond-trading activity, bond trading, program trading, short sale, short selling, short covering, insider trading
Derived form verb trade5
1. Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company. [1913 Webster]
2. Frequented by traders. Milton. [1913 Webster]
3. Venal; corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician. [1913 Webster]
trading, n. the act of engaging in trade.
Idiom:
trading estate esp. Brit. a specially-designed industrial and commercial area. trading post a store etc. established in a remote or unsettled region. trading-stamp a stamp given to customers by some stores which is exchangeable in large numbers for various articles.
N barter, exchange, scorse, truck system, interchange, a Roland for an Oliver, quid pro quo, commutation, composition, Indian gift, trade, commerce, mercature, buying and selling, bargain and sale, traffic, business, nundination, custom, shopping, commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery, deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain, free trade, commercial, mercantile, trading, interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale, wholesale, retail, across the counter, cambio non e furto.
bond trading, horse trading, insider trading, national trading policy, program trading, trading card, trading floor, trading operations, trading post, trading stamp