Definition of traffic
1 a (1)
:the vehicles, pedestrians, ships, or planes moving along a route
(2)
:congestion of vehicles
- stuck in traffic
(3)
:the movement (as of vehicles or pedestrians) through an area or along a route
b
:the information or signals transmitted over a communications system :messages
2
:the volume of customers visiting a business establishment
- restaurant traffic
3 a
:the passengers or cargo carried by a transportation system
b
:the business of transporting passengers or freight
4 a
:import and export trade
b
:the business of bartering or buying and selling
c
:illegal or disreputable usually commercial activity
- the drug traffic
5 a
:communication or dealings especially between individuals or groups
b
:exchange
- a lively traffic in ideas
- —F. L. Allen
6
:a concentration of participants or players and especially defensive players
- force difficult shots in traffic
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the traffic will bear
:existing conditions will allow or permit
- charge what the traffic will bear
