trading - buying or selling securities or commodities

trade - the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services; "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"; "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"

interchange, exchange - reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries; "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"

initial offering, initial public offering, IPO - a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public

business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"

shipping, transport, transportation - the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials

carriage trade - trade from upper-class customers

transaction, dealing, dealings - the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me"

importation, importing - the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country

exporting, exportation - the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country

marketing - the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service; "most companies have a manager in charge of marketing"

distribution - the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer

marketing, merchandising, selling - the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money

traffic - buying and selling; especially illicit trade

defrayal, defrayment, payment - the act of paying money

evasion, nonpayment - the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"

usance - the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)

commercialise, commercialize, market - make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"

buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

take - buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage"

get - purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"

clear - sell; "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"

turn - get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"

negociate - sell or discount; "negociate securities"

sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"

sell short - sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit

remainder - sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books"

resell - sell (something) again after having bought it

deaccession - sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works; "The museum deaccessioned several important works of this painter"

fob off, foist off, palm off - sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive

realise, realize - convert into cash; of goods and property

auction, auction off, auctioneer - sell at an auction

sell, trade, deal - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"

transact - conduct business; "transact with foreign governments"

deal - sell; "deal hashish"

retail - sell on the retail market

wholesale - sell in large quantities

liquidize, sell out, sell up - get rid of all one's merchandise

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States

Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather

Technology Administration - an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth

Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office - the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones

conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.