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
Verb
  • Seat counts have stopped predicting anything, which means the pricing model underneath thirty years of enterprise software is now unstable in both directions, and everybody selling it knows.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Former homes are now occupied by spice warehouses and stores selling antiques and handicrafts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of selling
Verb
  • Samsung is marketing the newer style as better-suited for entertainment and reading e-books, among other advantages that come with the wider, shorter inner display.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There's been an explosion of menopause content from influencers, direct-to-consumer telehealth companies marketing to women in midlife, and new books and podcasts on the topic.
    — Mara Gordon, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of marketing
Verb
  • 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 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
  • Institutional credit, insurance capital and private capital would support hyperscalers, frontier AI labs and companies building data centers and purchasing Nvidia chips.
    — , CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • From managing huge inventory demands to purchasing hundreds of computers at once, scaling a business comes with a massive learning curve.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of purchasing
Verb
  • That would guarantee exclusive 45-day theatrical windows and a moratorium on distributing the movies on streaming services for at least 90 days, with potentially financial penalties if Paramount failed to hold up its end of the bargain.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Cardinal is a behind-the-scenes healthcare giant, distributing drugs and medical supplies to hospitals and pharmacies.
    — Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of distributing
Verb
  • None of these movies are worth buying and installing a DVD player for!
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Without his salary, Bondele says, paying rent, buying food and phone credit, covering transportation costs and paying water bills have become daily struggles.
    — Prosper Heri Ngorora, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of buying
Verb
  • With no cash and literally starving, Javier starts peddling drugs and animals from his clinic.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of peddling
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