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trader

[ trey-der ]

noun

  1. a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
  2. a ship used in trade, especially foreign trade.
  3. a member of a stock exchange trading privately and not on behalf of customers.


trader

/ ˈٰɪə /

noun

  1. a person who engages in trade; dealer; merchant
  2. a vessel regularly employed in foreign or coastal trade
  3. stock exchange a member who operates mainly on his or her own account rather than for customers' accounts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰˌ󾱱, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ٰİ·󾱱 noun
  • ԴDz·ٰİ noun
  • ܲd·ٰe noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trader1

First recorded in 1575–85; trade + -er 1
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One layer down, you've got the bond traders who buy and sell the bonds.

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Speculative traders, including hedge funds and asset managers, have increased their bets against the dollar in April.

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On Friday, businesswomen told the BBC that some fellow traders had been arrested on the second day of a ban imposed by Tanzania on all agricultural imports from Malawi and South Africa.

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He has produced a ludicrous tariff policy which every economist, hedge fund manager, CEO, small businessman and stock trader knows is virtually designed to cause inflation, if not stagflation and recession.

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Tanzania's agriculture minister said Malawi's move had "directly affected" his country's traders and described the restrictions as "unfair and harmful".

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