employ one's capital in
verb
Roget 794:
barter,
exchange,
swap,
swop†,
truck,
scorse†;
interchange
etc.
148;
commutate
etc.
(substitute)
147;
compound for.
trade,
traffic,
buy and sell,
give and take,
nundinate†;
carry on a trade,
ply a trade,
drive a trade;
be in business,
be in the city;
keep a shop,
deal in,
employ one's capital in.
trade with,
deal with,
have dealings with;
transact business with,
do business with;
open an account with,
keep an account with.
bargain;
drive a bargain,
make a bargain;
negotiate,
bid for;
haggle,
higgle†;
dicker [U.S.];
chaffer,
huckster,
cheapen,
beat down;
stickle,
stickle for;
out bid,
under bid;
ask,
charge;
strike a bargain
etc.
(contract)
769.
speculate,
give a sprat to catch a herring;
buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market,
buy low and sell high;
corner the market;
rig the market,
stag the market.
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