trading | buying or selling securities or commodities |
bond trading bond-trading activity | trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange) |
program trading | a trading technique involving large blocks of stock with trades triggered by computer programs |
insider trading | buying or selling corporate stock by a corporate officer or other insider on the basis of information that has not been made public and is supposed to remain confidential |
cooperative co-op | a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners |
operations trading operations | financial transactions at a brokerage, having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records |
horse trade horse trading | the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining) |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
floor trading floor | a large room in a exchange where the trading is done, he is a floor trader |
trading card | a card with a picture on it, collected and traded by children |
trade policy national trading policy | a government's policy controlling foreign trade |
trading stamp | a token resembling a stamp given by a retailer to a buyer, the token is redeemable for articles on a special list |
horse trading | negotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining |
society | an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization |
Tammany Hall Tammany Society Tammany | a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 's and early 's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism |
Hare Krishna International Society for Krishna Consciousness ISKCON | a religious sect founded in the United States in , based on Vedic scriptures, groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna, devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy |
Society of Jesus Jesuit order | a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen, it is strongly committed to education and scholarship |
Religious Society of Friends Society of Friends Quakers | a Christian sect founded by George Fox about , commonly called Quakers |
Shakers United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing | a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States |
cooperative | an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it |
club social club society guild gild lodge order | a formal association of people with similar interests, he joined a golf club, they formed a small lunch society, men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today |
secret society | a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers |
Fabian Society | an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism |
academy honorary society | an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature |
Royal Society Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge | an honorary English society (formalized inand given a royal charter by Charles II in ) through which the British government has supported science |
open society | a society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy), America's open society has made it an easy target for terrorists |
tribal society | a society with the social organization of a tribe |
hunting and gathering tribe hunting and gathering society | group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables, usually nomadic |
society high society beau monde smart set bon ton | the fashionable elite |
building society | British equivalent of United States savings and loan association |
Society Islands | an island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa |
company companionship fellowship society | the state of being with someone, he missed their company, he enjoyed the society of his friends |
accommodative cooperative | willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement |
cooperative | done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit, a cooperative effort |
concerted conjunct conjunctive cooperative | involving the joint activity of two or more, concerted action, the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind, the conjunctive focus of political opposition, a cooperative effort, a united effort, joint military activities |