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trader

279 2.1
A person or company that buys and sells things to make money
  • noun
  • /ˈtreɪdər/
translation icon : comerciante
  • As a trader, he focused on buying and selling shares in the stock market.
  • traders and investors
  • oil traders
  • slave traders

I always say I wouldn't become a day trader traders.

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Examples

  • Mr. Gandhi, you look at Mr. Khan and you see a successful Muslim trader.

  • Growth will bring expanding markets for Asian traders and investors, thus strengthening, not weakening, trans-Pacific economic links.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Not only that, but when a trader showed up, he was expected to trade.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • If you decide you want to be a trader, the trail is always longer than you think.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • All right, so we have money, but our busy traders still have a problem.

  • How did the Ellington trader figure that out?

  • He used to be a Wall Street trader.

  • There's an investor, a trader and a speculator.

  • Sam's father Frederick was a house-husband while his mother Kate worked as a city trader.

  • The trader sold rare antiques at the market and made a good profit.

Synonyms

vendor
vstrader
257 2.0

A person or company that sells things, for example at a market

is any person or firm buying and selling for profit
dealer
vstrader
227 2.7

A person or business that buys and sells items like art and cars

covers both goods and other assets in a wider sense
merchant
vstrader
203 2.1

A person or company that buys and sells goods, often in shops

is broader, applying to any buyer and seller aiming for profit
wholesaler
vstrader
22 3.5

A person or company that buys goods in large amounts from makers and sells them to shops

is broader, including selling directly to end users or other firms
reseller
vstrader
12 3.7

A person or business that buys goods to sell to others for profit

includes anyone trading for profit, not only those who resell purchases
peddler
vstrader
8 5.7

A person who travels to sell small goods in streets or markets

is wider, covering non traveling and larger scale buying and selling
hawker
vstrader
  • UK
4 7.4

A person who sells goods in the street or at markets

includes stationary and non traveling forms of buying and selling
merchandiser
vstrader
3 4.5

A person or company that buys and sells goods in shops

has a wider role including buying and selling beyond retail promotion
monger
vstrader
3 8.2

A person who buys and sells goods, often one type like books or fish

is more general, covering trade in many goods and asset types
stock trader
vstrader
2 2.8

A person who buys and sells company shares to make money

is general and covers trade in goods and many types of assets
jobber
vstrader
  • Jargon
1 7.8

A person or company that buys large amounts of goods to sell to shops

includes any buying and selling activity, not only bulk redistribution
tradesman
vstrader
  • UK
1 3.7

A person who runs a shop that sells goods or services

is more general, not limited to owning or running a shop
merchanter
vstrader
  • Archaic
8.1

A person or company that buys, sells, and moves goods

focuses more generally on any profit driven buying and selling
retail merchant
vstrader
2.8

A person or company that sells goods to people in small amounts for them to use

is not limited to selling directly to the public
tradesperson
vstrader
  • UK
3.5

A person who buys and sells goods in a shop or market

is broader and also covers non shop based buying and selling
tradeswoman
vstrader
  • UK
6.4

A woman who owns or runs a shop that sells things

applies to any profit focused buyer and seller beyond shop roles
market keeper
vstrader
  • UK
4.8

A person who runs a market stall or shop and sells goods to customers

is broader and includes businesses not tied to a market stall
higgler
vstrader
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who sells small items in markets, often moving from place to place and bargaining

covers buying and selling at any scale, not only mobile small trade

Compounds

10 9.1

A person who buys and sells people as slaves

4 3.9

A person who supports trade between countries without import taxes or other barriers

2 2.8

A person who buys and sells company shares to make money

1 6.3

A person who uses tough methods to get better deals

How Commercial

merchant
203 2.1
wholesaler
22 3.5
trader
279 2.1
seller
257 1.0

Surface Forms

trader singular
traders plural

Morphology

trader = trade (transparent) = trade + er

Standard agentive formation: '-er' added to the verb 'trade' yields 'trader' meaning 'person who trades', which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Trader comes from the word trade, which originally meant a 'path' or 'way' and is related to tread (to 'step'). Long ago, trading often meant travelling along paths to buy and sell, so a trader is someone who buys and sells goods.