FAIR-TRADING Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

fair-trading

verb

present participle of fair-trade

as in selling

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The complaint claims the companies' products have been improperly collecting, sharing and selling personal data, like cellphone and vehicle location data.

— Dennis Valera, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Off Campus followed, based on Elle Kennedy’s best-selling novel The Deal, before Disney announced The Shards, following a group of teens against the backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles.

— Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of selling

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The players supplying most of the public product this month are often the ones with the smallest contracts and the least protection against what losing their opportunity will mean.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Bruce Power has been producing cobalt-60 since 1986, supplying isotopes used to sterilize approximately 30 per cent of the world’s single-use medical devices.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of supplying

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Made to be refilled, the scent comes in the three formats of 35-, 50- and 100-ml, retailing at $110, $150 and $180, respectively.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 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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In the second case, as a part of its QE strategy, the FOMC decided in September 2011 to extend the average maturity of the Fed’s portfolio by selling short-term and purchasing longer-term Treasury securities.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
York became the principal owner of the 49ers in 2024 after purchasing equity shares from his family.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of purchasing

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ExxonMobil demonstrates a balanced approach, reinvesting heavily while also distributing significant funds.

— Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Steven Porter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Harvard said the process of distributing funds is expected to take several months.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of distributing

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What’s new is how quickly the beverage industry is treating it as a category of its own, and how many consumers are buying in.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026
Stock futures are off their low of the morning after my CNBC colleague Steve Liesman reported that the Treasury Department could use its massive General Account to help fund its bond-buying plans.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of buying

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Their lawsuit against Jones and the 2022 verdict marked the first time he was held financially liable for peddling lies about the massacre, claiming it was faked by the government to tighten gun laws.

— Jim Vertuno, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
The lawsuit and 2022 verdict against Jones marked the first time he was held financially liable for peddling lies about the massacre, claiming it was faked by the government to tighten gun laws.

— Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of peddling

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