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
  • After noticing his skin was unusually dry one winter, Babenzien, who previously founded direct-to-consumer (DTC) footwear brand Greats before selling it to Steve Madden in 2019, began researching the effects of shower water on skin and hair.
    — Karin Eldor, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026
  • When selling or otherwise providing food to the public, always follow state and County health regulations.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of selling
Verb
  • Sometimes, Stevens asks a building for permission to go through its trash, marketing himself as a junk removal service.
    — Tom Huddleston Jr.,Mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • While Roku provides Fox with an opportunity to be more aggressive in marketing its channels, Fox has pledged that the platform will remain open to distributing content from competitors.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of marketing
Verb
  • Moscow complains that Europe is financing and supplying weaponry to Ukraine.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
  • His resignation leaves a major leadership vacuum for a company that's responsible for supplying nearly the entire market share of chips needed to power frontier artificial intelligence models.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of supplying
Verb
  • The new silhouette launching this week, retailing for 2,680 renminbi, or $400, echoes the original, while piping joins two leather panels to recreate the ridge across the upper.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026
  • On Sunday, the rapper was wearing a skirt suit by Gucci, retailing for about $4,000.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of retailing
Verb
  • Collette Divitto helps a customers purchasing some of her cookies at Celebrate Shop.
    — Kennedy Cook, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Compare it to studios running an exhibition chain — not just Sony purchasing Alamo Drafthouse, but all the way back to the days before the Paramount Decrees, which legislatively blocked studios from having a monopoly on theaters.
    — J. Kim Murphy, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of purchasing
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  • The defense ministry faces difficult choices in distributing the existing systems with so many installations vulnerable to attack.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Its multi-barrel design distributes firing cycles across six barrels, supporting sustained firing while distributing heat and mechanical stress.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of distributing
Verb
  • Someone looking for a straightforward term policy may prioritize price and a simple application, for example, while someone buying permanent coverage may care more about financial strength, cash value features and policy options.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Fans can also add a donation when buying tickets to any Live Nation show in Australia through November.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of buying
Verb
  • Christie’s, which is peddling the lush green landscape for an unnamed client, told Art News that it was guaranteed to sell.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Maybe do some research rather than peddling lies like the s*n.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of peddling
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