buying or selling securities or commodities, verb Present participle of trade, adjective_ Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade, venal; corrupt; jobbing, rare Frequented by traders

One that trades; a dealer, One who is engaged in trade or commerce; one whose business is buying and selling, or barter; one whose vocation it is to buy and sell again personal property for gain, A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade

One who is engaged in the business of buying commercial commodities and selling them again for the sake of profit; especially, one who buys and sells in quantity or by wholesale, One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader, A person who traffics in commodities for profit, adjective_ a ship employed in commerce, Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise