FAIR-TRADE Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

fair-trade

verb

Definition of fair-trade

as in to wholesale

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Verb

The company doesn’t wholesale its collection.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
Light industrial uses could include storage yards, data and information processing, medical or dental laboratories, research and development, warehouses, wholesaling or a recycling center.

— Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2026

Definition of wholesale

Verb

The store’s bestselling K-beauty product is Beauty of Joseon’s Relief Sun Rice + Probiotics SPF, an organic sunscreen that retails for around 15 pounds.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026
Set to retail at US$1,498, it can be had for $799, inclusive of the transport case.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of retail

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Those holders could be sitting on sizeable gains despite recent volatility, giving them an incentive to sell now, Lee at Direxion said.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
The popular set tends to sell quickly, so consider grabbing one while fall-favorite shades like dusty olive, terracotta, and mauve are still in stock.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of sell

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By building the smaller AP300 around technology already proven in the AP1000, the company hopes to streamline development, simplify future deployments and reduce the complexity of bringing new reactors to market.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
While the idea was marketed as a way for local businesses to capitalize on the thousands of soccer fans descending on the area, Kansas City also hoped the pilot program could be a viable way to boost the local economy.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of market

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Trade data show China has fully transitioned from providing mostly low cost manufacturing to supplying vital machinery and components for advanced manufacturing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
The supply hub will initially support the 100-truck logistics fleet while also supplying industrial customers, utilities, transportation operators, energy infrastructure projects, and data centers across the Gulf Coast.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of supply

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PlusOne will be merchandised within the Wellness by Ulta Beauty areas in stores, alongside other wellness solutions.

— Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Next door is a vast haberdashery, with sewing kits, yarns, buttons, quilt patches and threads merchandised in colorful heaps on tables and along walls.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

Definition of merchandise

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Instead, Maryland pushed back again, exercising its right of first refusal to purchase the rights back, leaving the Preakness on the outside looking in.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft are racing for influence across Washington as lawmakers and federal agencies decide how AI should be purchased, used and regulated.

— Luke Fountain,Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of purchase

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Bitcoin traded at $64,259 on Tuesday, near the level where Saylor was buying in February and calling a million dollar price inevitable.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Armstrong's family bought the home in 1944 after his father had moved them about a dozen times with his job as a government auditor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of buy

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