FAIR-TRADING Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

fair-trading

verb

present participle of fair-trade

as in selling

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Joe Bob’s may be eligible for a $10,000 bonus under the Texas Lottery’s Retailer Bonus Program for selling the prize-winning ticket, according to the release.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026
And yet scores of companies selling this and other unapproved drugs have blown through regulatory safeguards to offer access to customers online — part of a national craze that is changing the way consumers buy drugs.

— Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

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Meta has been marketing smart glasses as a way to listen to audio, take phone calls, capture video and talk to its AI assistant without having to whip out a smartphone.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Some collectors have come under scrutiny for marketing their foundations as public institutions and perhaps even earning tax benefits meant for nonprofits but actually keeping their collections very private.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of marketing

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Industrial heat gets second life The company already has an operating waste heat-to-power project supplying electricity to the University of Dayton.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
The farm is also supplying its honey to the restaurant; accumulated at a small scale, the kitchen planned its use strategically.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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Prices are at the lower spectrum of designer collections, with shirts retailing from about 400–450 euros and jackets from 1,000 to 1,200 euros.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of retailing

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With some knowingly polite smiles, John navigates an awkward, potentially racist interaction at a local gun store while purchasing a sniper scope (sans gun) to spy on Macon’s compound from a nearby tower.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
Ohio State is purchasing a seventh home game and something approaching certainty.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of purchasing

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Paramount is distributing the film, which was made and financed by Hammerstone.

— Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Mensah looked as good as the numbers suggested, too, ripping NFL-level throws and distributing the ball to his myriad playmakers, namely wide receiver Malachi Toney.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of distributing

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Technology analysts and traders are not buying the flood of warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence and the need to slow down development that have recently come from frontier model platforms.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
The video was a hit on social media, where stories about sisters buying homes together have become popular.

— Kelly Marie Coyne, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of buying

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The 58th annual fall fest returned to downtown Frankfort, offering live entertainment, carnival rides, food booths, crafters peddling their wares and Sunday’s parade.

— Jim Dudlicek, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Britton remembers peddling a version of this logic as an MBSR teacher herself.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

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