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Trade

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

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Verb group 4

Deal 84% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Deal 84% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Commerce 76% connected

The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; exten…

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Commercialism 76% connected

The commercial spirit or method.

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Dealing 76% connected

of Deal

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Exchange 76% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Interchange 76% connected

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Occupation 76% connected

The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use;…

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Sell 76% connected

Self.

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Transact 76% connected

To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.

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Transaction 76% connected

The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance.

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Manner of action 16

Arbitrage 76% connected

Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.

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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Export 76% connected

To carry away; to remove.

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Hawk 76% connected

One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and…

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Huckster 76% connected

A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.

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Import 76% connected

To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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Market 76% connected

A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and…

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Monger 76% connected

A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.

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Peddle 76% connected

To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a l…

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Pitch 76% connected

A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Push 76% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Pyramid 76% connected

A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this s…

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Traffic 76% connected

To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.

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Vend 76% connected

To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vege…

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Narrower term 27

Basketry 76% connected

The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.

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Carpentry 76% connected

The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.

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Cobbling 76% connected

of Cobble

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Custom 76% connected

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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Drafting 76% connected

of Draft

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Dressmaking 76% connected

The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses.

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Handicraft 76% connected

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

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Lumbering 76% connected

of Lumber

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Masonry 76% connected

The art or occupation of a mason.

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Mintage 76% connected

The coin, or other production, made in a mint.

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Painting 76% connected

of Paint

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Pilotage 76% connected

The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels.

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Piloting 76% connected

of Pilot

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Plumbery 76% connected

The business of a plumber.

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Plumbing 76% connected

of Plumb

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Pottery 76% connected

The vessels or ware made by potters; earthenware, glazed and baked.

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Pyrotechnics 76% connected

The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of fireworks; pyrotechny.

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Pyrotechny 76% connected

The use and application of fire in science and the arts.

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Roofing 76% connected

of Roof

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Shingling 76% connected

of Shingle

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Shoemaking 76% connected

The business of a shoemaker.

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Tailoring 76% connected

of Tailor

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Tanning 76% connected

of Tan

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Typography 76% connected

The act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation.

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Undertaking 76% connected

of Undertake

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Upholstery 76% connected

The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.

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Woodwork 76% connected

Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood.

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Derivationally related 16

Craft 74% connected

Strength; might; secret power.

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Craft 74% connected

Strength; might; secret power.

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Deal 74% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deal 74% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Merchandise 74% connected

The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.

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Merchandise 74% connected

The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.

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Merchant 74% connected

One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.

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Merchant 74% connected

One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.

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Swap 74% connected

To strike; -- with off.

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Swap 74% connected

To strike; -- with off.

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Switch 74% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Switch 74% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Trading 74% connected

of Trade

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Trading 74% connected

of Trade

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Entails 3

Buy 72% connected

To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a…

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Purchase 72% connected

To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

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Sell 72% connected

Self.

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Synonym 9

Barter 92% connected

To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities tra…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Craft 92% connected

Strength; might; secret power.

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Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Merchandise 92% connected

The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Patronage 92% connected

Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an aut…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sell 92% connected

Self.

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Swap 92% connected

To strike; -- with off.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Switch 92% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swop 92% connected

Same as Swap.

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