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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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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

Prior to this, she worked at a futures trading company in Shanghai, where she was specialising in agricultural products.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 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

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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