Trafficking

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Traffic \Traf"fic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trafficked}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Trafficking}.] [F. trafiquer; cf. It. trafficare, Sp.
     traficar, trafagar, Pg. traficar, trafegar, trafeguear, LL.
     traficare; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. L. trans across,
     over + -ficare to make (see {-fy}, and cf. G. ["u]bermachen
     to transmit, send over, e. g., money, wares); or cf. Pg.


     trasfegar to pour out from one vessel into another, OPg.
     also, to traffic, perhaps fr. (assumed) LL. vicare to
     exchange, from L. vicis change (cf. {Vicar}).]
     1. To pass goods and commodities from one person to another
        for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods;
        to barter; to trade.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  traffic
       n 1: the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming
            and going in a particular locality during a specified
            period of time
       2: buying and selling; especially illicit trade
       3: the amount of activity over a communication system during a
          given period of time; "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk
          lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the
          night"
       4: social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
          [syn: {dealings}]
       v 1: deal illegally; "traffic drugs"
       2: trade or deal a commodity; "They trafficked with us for
          gold"
       [also: {trafficking}, {trafficked}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trafficking
       See {traffic}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "trafficking":
     agency, barter, bartering, brokerage, buying and selling, dealing,
     doing business, exchange, give-and-take, horse trading,
     interchange, jobbing, merchandising, retailing, swapping, trade,
     trading, wheeling and dealing, wholesaling