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trading company

American  
[trayd-ing kuhm-puh-nee] / ˈtreɪd ɪŋ ˈkʌm pə ni /

noun

trading companies plural
  1. a business that delivers products to consumers or other businesses, but does not manufacture them.


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If an American furniture retailer pays a Chinese trading company $300 for a sofa subject to a 50% tariff, it would normally declare that value and owe U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Energy trading company Vitol said this week that it is pushing back its expectations for oil’s peak to the mid-2030s.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Trump has previously made forays into the blockchain world, selling a series of NFTs last year and endorsing World Liberty Financial, a crypto trading company.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025

The 28-year-old found a job with a foreign trading company as he wanted more job stability.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2024

Perhaps 1 likened myself to Kurtz in Heart of Darkness when, far from the trading company offices in Europe, he was faced with the ultimate horror.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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