trade on

verb

traded on; trading on; trades on

transitive verb

: to take often unscrupulous advantage of : exploit

… traded on their influence … in securing special favors.

—T. C. Pease

Examples of trade on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Billions of dollars could be traded on questions like whether Democrats will gain control of the House or Senate or who will be governor of the largest states. — Marc Levy, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Biden’s cryptocurrency will trade on Base, which was created by Coinbase Global, according to the Journal report citing people familiar with the matter. — Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Though there are two additional trades on South Carolina’s missing the CFP that would pay out at least $40,000 each, the high cost to purchase those, at an 89 cent value, would net only a few thousand dollars. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Bronfman is looking forward to seeing how Spanish-speaking users trade on things that are interesting to them and also things that are important to their everyday lives. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for trade on

• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
• carillon
• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon
• cynodon
• denouement
• deuteron
• echelon
• epsilon