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
  • Under Laporta, the club might have scaled everything back, refusing to keep pace with football’s rampant wage inflation, selling young stars for a fortune and reducing their edge on the field in the process.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The band and football booster clubs will be selling cupcakes and keychains and stickers with his name and number on them to benefit the GoFundMe page that has been set up in Kufa’s name.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of selling
Verb
  • Farmer, previously marketing SVP, was promoted to CMO in tandem.
    — Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Tesla released its Autopilot driver-assist system in 2015 (and then the Full Self-Driving Beta program in 2020), marketing the new technology with ads that exaggerated the car’s powers.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of marketing
Verb
  • There’s a real value to companies like Topic supplying certain kinds of movies to distribution partners.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • There will not—and should not—be a one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges of supplying this education.
    — Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of supplying
Verb
  • Showing love for one of her favorite designers, Rodriguez popped into a pair of sleek black Gucci Donna pumps, currently retailing for $1,220 on the brand’s website.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 5 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • People are buying chore coats that actually look like they’ve been used for the namesake—the more beat-up the better.
    — Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 6 Sep. 2026
  • American motorists are buying $4 gas on Labor Day weekend for the first time in history, a fuel analyst reports.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of buying
Verb
  • 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
Definition of peddling
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