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trading

 noun
     
trad‧ing [uncountable]
1 the activity of buying and selling goods or services
Sunday trading British English (=shops being open on Sunday)
2 the activity of buying and selling stocks etc
heavy/light trading (=a lot of trading or a little trading)
Shares dropped 10% in heavy trading.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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