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

Once confined to casual betting, financial institutions now view them as valuable tools to hedge risks and trade on economic events. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

There’s also Devers, who Mayer played alongside for several weeks before the Giants acquired him in a trade on Father’s Day 2025. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026

Torsten Slok at Apollo argues the yen no longer trades on interest rates at all. — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Originally drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes 51st overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, he was acquired in the Jake Guentzel trade on March 7, 2024. — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for trade on

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