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as a verb: - 1
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traffic
noun
1 traffic
The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time.
Roget 794:
barter,
exchange,
scorse†,
truck system;
interchange
etc.
148.
a Roland for an Oliver;
quid pro quo;
commutation,
composition;
Indian gift [U.S.].
trade,
commerce,
mercature†,
buying and selling,
bargain and sale;
traffic,
business,
nundination†,
custom,
shopping;
commercial enterprise,
speculation,
jobbing,
stockjobbing†,
agiotage†,
brokery†.
deal,
dealing,
transaction,
negotiation,
bargain.
free trade.
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Dutch: handel, zwarte handel, verkeer, verkeersdrukte
Polish: ruch drogowy
2 traffic
Buying and selling; especially illicit trade.
Dutch: verkeer, zwarte handel
3 traffic
The amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time.
4 traffic
Social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with').
synonym: dealings.
verb
1 traffic
Deal illegally.
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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2 traffic
Trade or deal a commodity.
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trafficking
Moby thesaurus: agency, barter, bartering, brokerage, buying and selling, dealing, doing business, exchange, give-and-take, horse trading, interchange, jobbing, merchandising, retailing, swapping, trade, trading, wheeling and dealing, wholesaling.
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