fair-trading

verb

present participle of fair-trade
as in selling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fair-trading
  1. selling
  2. marketing
  3. supplying
  4. retailing
  5. purchasing
  6. distributing
  7. buying
  8. peddling
Verb
  • In 2025, Breyers, Blue Bunny and Turkey Hill were the top-selling brands by dollar sales, Dairy Foods Magazine reported.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Two of Canada’s 10 provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, are still selling American alcoholic beverages.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of selling
Verb
  • Most products marketing themselves as world models today are renderers.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Haze, who is marketing the home through Compass, said the transportive quality of the Stinson Beach getaway isn’t subtle.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of marketing
Verb
  • During the pandemic, the company started supplying medical apparel to hospitals and schools, and the business took off, with revenue doubling in 2020, Beig said.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The United States remained the world’s largest oil and gas producer in 2025, supplying nearly 21% of global oil production and 26% of global natural gas production.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of supplying
Verb
  • The 35 mm watch comes in either platinum or a silvered 18-karat Breguet gold, retailing for $203,300 and $184,800, respectively, and joins the house’s permanent collection.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
  • Robotic pool cleaners have traditionally been a luxury purchase, with top consumer models retailing for several thousand dollars.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
Definition of retailing
Verb
  • China, the world's top crude importer, has not been particularly enthusiastic about purchasing Iranian oil, despite traditionally being the main buyer of the country's energy.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • When the person decided against purchasing it, Brown, 19, quickly picked it up, according to WLBT 3.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Definition of purchasing
Verb
  • William Saliba — France/Arsenal (position unchanged) Gave up almost nothing to his Arsenal team-mate Gyokeres as France nonchalantly dismissed Sweden, dominating in the air and on the floor while distributing the ball sensibly.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • PlusM is distributing the film in Korea, with Neon handling North American distribution.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 July 2026
Definition of distributing
Verb
  • On one side, security and platform incumbents are buying the layer outright.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • In 2020, Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (then called MicroStrategy), started buying Bitcoin for his data software company’s balance sheet.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Definition of buying
Verb
  • In the meantime, Google is urging consumers to buy TV streaming devices from reputable manufacturers, rather than unknown providers peddling cheap set-top boxes secretly loaded with malware.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • For context, Barstool as a company, and Portnoy personally, have consistently been accused of peddling misogyny over the years.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
Definition of peddling
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