carry on a trade

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Roget 794: barter, exchange, swap, swop^†, truck, scorse^†; interchange etc. 148; commutate etc. (substitute) 147; compound for.    trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate^†; carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade; be in business, be in the city; keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in.    trade with, deal with, have dealings with; transact business with, do business with; open an account with, keep an account with.    bargain; drive a bargain, make a bargain; negotiate, bid for; haggle, higgle^†; dicker [U.S.]; chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down; stickle, stickle for; out bid, under bid; ask, charge; strike a bargain etc. (contract) 769.    speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring; buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high; corner the market; rig the market, stag the market.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 625: pass one's time in, employ one's time in, spend one's time in; employ oneself in, employ oneself upon; occupy oneself with, concern oneself with; make it one's business etc. n.; undertake etc. 676; enter a profession; betake oneself to, turn one's hand to; have to do with etc. (do) 680.    office, place, post, chargeship^†, incumbency, living; situation, berth, employ; service etc. (servitude) 749; engagement; undertaking etc. 676.    drive a trade; carry on a trade, do a trade, transact a trade, carry on business, do business, transact business etc. n.; keep a shop; ply one's task, ply one's trade; labor in one's vocation; pursue the even tenor of one's way; attend to business, attend to one's work.    officiate, serve, act; act one's part, play one's part; do duty; serve the office of, discharge the office of, perform the office of, perform the duties of, perform the functions of; hold an office, fill an office, fill a place, fill a situation; hold a portfolio, hold a place, hold a situation.    be about, be doing, be engaged in, be employed in, be occupied with, be at work on; have one's hands in, have in hand; have on one's hands, have on one's shoulders; bear the burden; have one's hands full etc. (activity) 682.    be in the hands of, be on the stocks, be on the anvil; pass through one's hands.    ... meer laten zien

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