1. Buying or selling securities or commodities
   "The trading floor was bustling with activity"

1. Turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
   "trade in an old car for a new one";
   - trade in
    
2. Engage in the trade of
   "he is trading telephone sets";
   - merchandise, merchandize
    
3. Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
   "She trades in gold";
   - deal, sell
    
4. Exchange or give (something) in exchange for
   "They traded phone numbers at the end of the party";
   - swap, swop, switch
    
5. Be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
   "The stock traded around $20 a share"

Derived forms: tradings

Type of: act, change, commerce, commercialism, exchange, interchange, mercantilism, move, sell, transact

Encyclopedia: Trading