fair-trading

verb

present participle of fair-trade
as in selling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fair-trading
  1. selling
  2. marketing
  3. supplying
  4. retailing
  5. purchasing
  6. distributing
  7. buying
  8. peddling
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  • That convergence is drawing together businesses that once occupied separate corners of the market, from consumer staples companies selling food to biotech firms developing medicines and veterinary providers offering increasingly sophisticated care.
    — Elsa Ohlen,Carolin Roth, CNBC, 18 July 2026
  • Newcastle talk about a ‘trading model’ because selling players is essential to making signings, given UEFA and the Premier League’s financial restrictions.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of selling
Verb
  • The company has deliberately avoided marketing its tools to the general public.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 17 July 2026
  • States compete for people and business, and while Illinois chooses to hang its hat on its historical reputation, other states are marketing themselves as lower-cost alternatives that offer less red tape and less political dysfunction.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of marketing
Verb
  • Machines are synthesizing information, but humans are supplying the proof.
    — Janita Pannu, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • To replace them, Russia is constructing the Leningrad-II nuclear facility at a neighboring site, which will house four VVER-1200 units, with the aim of supplying power till the 2080s, and possibly another two decades with extensions.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Definition of supplying
Verb
  • The 35 mm watch comes in either platinum or a silvered 18-karat Breguet gold, retailing for $203,300 and $184,800, respectively, and joins the house’s permanent collection.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
  • Robotic pool cleaners have traditionally been a luxury purchase, with top consumer models retailing for several thousand dollars.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
Definition of retailing
Verb
  • At that level, the product would no longer deliver the experience many consumers expect when purchasing a THC drink.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • To thwart blossom end rot, some gardeners are purchasing blossom set sprays containing calcium to apply to their plants’ foliage.
    — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Definition of purchasing
Verb
  • In the nation’s capital, DC Health is distributing masks to government personnel working outside, the department told CNN on Friday.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • In a news release, McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese discussed the mortal dangers of distributing fentanyl in the community.
    — Ceci Urbanski, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of distributing
Verb
  • Bristol Myers Squibb is buying Nvidia 's newest enterprise AI computing system to use for drug discovery and development.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • Former executives, consultants, accountants, engineers, and finance professionals increasingly see buying a business as a legitimate entrepreneurial career path.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of buying
Verb
  • Many of the messages are peddling a sense of pride and belonging — primal impulses at the heart of the MAGA movement.
    — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • In the meantime, Google is urging consumers to buy TV streaming devices from reputable manufacturers, rather than unknown providers peddling cheap set-top boxes secretly loaded with malware.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
Definition of peddling
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“Fair-trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fair-trading. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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