trading
Buying and selling
Trading is buying and selling, especially as a business activity.
Stock trading, commodities trading, and currency trading all involve exchanging assets for profit.
Trading can also mean exchanging things of comparable value: We spent the afternoon trading stories.
A trading post is a remote commercial outpost.
Day trading involves buying and selling securities within a single market session.
Exchange one for another
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
- goodsThings for sale
services · countertrade · in-kind · cashless · mutual · bilateral · offsetting
Units of company ownership
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- IPOFirst public stock offering
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
brokerage · volume · liquidity · index · blue-chip · dividends · ticker · bid
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- deal-makingNegotiating agreements between parties
- concessionYielding a point
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- termsConditions of an agreement
counter-offer · haggling · leverage · walkaway · closing · handshake · agreement · contract
Contracts for future delivery
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- goldElement seventy-nine
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
coffee · cotton · copper · soybeans · wheat · contracts · hedging · speculation
Promoting and selling goods
- importingReceiving foreign goods
- exportingSending goods abroad
- retailingSelling goods to buyers
- wholesalingBulk trade to merchants
distribution · logistics · inventory · merchant · vendor · e-commerce · franchising · dealership
swap
Exchange one for another
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
goods · services · countertrade · in-kind · cashless · mutual · bilateral · offsetting
shares
Units of company ownership
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- IPOFirst public stock offering
securities · brokerage · volume · liquidity · index · blue-chip · dividends · ticker · bid · ask
bargaining
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- deal-makingNegotiating agreements between parties
- concessionYielding a point
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
terms · counter-offer · haggling · leverage · walkaway · closing · handshake · agreement · contract · settlement
futures
Contracts for future delivery
grain · coffee · cotton · copper · soybeans · wheat · contracts · hedging · speculation · delivery
merchandising
Promoting and selling goods
wholesaling · distribution · logistics · inventory · merchant · vendor · e-commerce · franchising · dealership · reseller
currency
Medium of exchange
euro · yen · sterling · leverage · margin · spreads · devaluation · appreciation · spot · forward
- game playrules, scoring, turns, winning, losing
- capitalismcapitalism, free market, free enterprise, private property, profit motive
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
- tradecustoms, commerce, export, exports, quotas
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, raiding, Norse settlers
- digital activitiesbrowsing, scrolling, clicking, sharing, liking
tradingnontrading
Not buying or selling
abstaining · holding · withdrawing · sitting out · idling
tradinghoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
stockpiling · keeping · holding · accumulating · amassing
- trading cardsCollectible illustrated rectangles
- traditional cultureEstablished customs of a people
- traditional gamesLong-established recreational activities
- traditional tattoosClassic bold-lined body art
- traditional skillsTime-honored practical abilities
- trading platformSystem for buying and selling
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