trading company

American

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

noun

plural

trading companies

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

Example Sentences

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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

Pereda once worked for Bunge Group, an agricultural trading company that his family founded over a century ago and is now based in Switzerland and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The shocking history of the East India Company, which transformed itself from an international trading company into an aggressive colonial power between 1600 and 1874, is a classic example.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2024

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

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2024

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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