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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

Suppose the original manufacturer of the sofa sold it for $200 to the trading company, which then marked it up to $300.

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

A thirty-year-old engineer with a degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Semyonov worked for a Soviet trading company based in New York.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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