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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

The Anglo-Swiss commodity mining and trading company said it had produced 583,500 metric tons of copper in the year to date, down 17% from the comparable period a year prior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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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