trading

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

TRA'DING, participle present tense Trafficking; exchanging commodities by barter, or buying and selling them. 1. adjective Carrying on commerce; as a trading company. TRA'DING, noun The act or business of carrying on commerce.
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