trader
/ˈtreɪdər/ noun [C]Definition
› US (UK dealer) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a person or company that buys and sells shares, currencies, etc.: It resulted from trading losses in derivatives by a single trader at the firm's Singapore office. a bond/currency/stock trader
› COMMERCE a person or business that buys and sells goods: Supermarkets have driven many small traders out of business.
→ See also day trader, floor trader, foreign exchange trader, free trader, rogue trader, sole trader → See Note seller(Definition of trader noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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