trade on

verb

traded on; trading on; trades on
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transitive verb

: to take often unscrupulous advantage of : exploit
traded on their influence … in securing special favors.T. C. Pease

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When will the public be allowed to trade on the Texas Stock Exchange? Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 July 2026 Shares of the Australian data processing servicer that trades on Nasdaq soared 14%. Davis Giangiulio,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 6 July 2026 That’s how much the S&P 500 stock index is trading on its underlying earnings over the past ten years. James Berman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 This launch came on the same day as SpaceX began trading on NASDAQ. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for trade on

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“Trade on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20on. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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