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trafficnoun the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different placesthey contributed money to an environmental group that works to end the traffic of endangered animals trafficverbto carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other propertyarrested him for trafficking in drugs deal, trade bargain, barter, horse-trade, negotiate, transactauction, exchange, merchandise(also merchandize), rebuy, resell, swapbuy, pick up, purchase, takedistribute, fair-trade, market, peddle, retail, sell, supply, vend, wholesaleblack-market, bootleg, fence, smugglecorner, engross, monopolize, undersellday-trade, invest, speculate black(chiefly British), blackball, boycott n.business, commerce, trade, industry, traffic mean activity concerned with the supplying and distribution of commodities.business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions.commerce and trade imply the exchange and transportation of commodities.industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing, usually on a large scale.traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons. in 1540 |