trading company

noun

: a company organized to carry on commerce with foreign nations or in overseas territories
trading companies played an important part in the early settlement of AmericaO. M. Dickerson
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b
: a joint stock company for trade and usually colonization legally incorporated (as by the British Crown) under a charter granting the company rights to a specific territory within an area claimed by the authority granting the charter including legal title, a monopoly of trade, and governmental and military jurisdiction
c
: an unincorporated company with limited liability for its associates organized principally to settle and develop a land grant obtained from a legally incorporated company

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“Trading company.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trading%20company. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

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