managed economy - a non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices

Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

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