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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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It also happened to staff at energy trading company Enron, which, in the comparatively innocent days of 2002, was briefly the world’s biggest and most spectacular bankruptcy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The gold trading company has paid him £226,200 for promotional work, according to the MPs register of interests.

From BBC Apr. 13, 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

Mitchell Presnick, an American who at the time was a uranium trader, recalls offering to cooperate with a major Chinese state-owned trading company in the early 1990s to invest in Chinese rare earths.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

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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