trade on

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to exploit or take advantage of

   he traded on her endless patience

Idioms and Phrases

Profit by, exploit, as in The children of celebrities often trade on their family names. [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

Natasha Harbinson, Interpath's managing director, said: "We are pleased to confirm a sale of the majority of Claire's UK business and assets which will ensure this popular brand will continue to trade on high streets up and down the UK."

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"You can have patriotic national renewal with Labour – or the politics of grievance which is Reform – where they want to trade on the problems not fix the problems because if we were to fix the problems their whole reason to exist dies away," he said.

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And that's something many of the brands caught up in this saga trade on.

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The end of the pandemic led to global rush in movements, and the UK began seeing more and more arrivals as people smugglers built a trade on the English Channel.

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The agreed offer price of $9 a share is 18% higher than the price at close of trade on Friday.

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