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trading post orig. U.S.
[f. trading vbl. n. + post n.3]
1. A place occupied for purposes of trade, esp. in a region not fully developed.
1796in Coll. Georgia Hist. Soc. (1916) IX. 15 The land..has been recommended..as proper for a trading post. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville III. xxxiv. 205 Fort Wallah-Wallah is a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company. 1936D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies xxi. 190 The fur trading posts of the far North. 1976Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 30 Oct. 23/1 Lamu—a tiny coral island off the Kenya coast..once a prosperous trading post of Omani Arabs.
2. One of the posts or positions on the trading floor of a stock exchange, where stocks assigned to that location are bought and sold.
1951G. L. Leffler Stock Market xii. 178 There are now 18 active trading posts... The present posts are horse-shoe or U-shaped stations, occupying 100 square feet... A total of 12 clerks can work inside. 1970Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 13/1 A bald man in a red jacket leans heavily against a quiet trading post. His eyes are closed. Another sits on a small seat, one of many which can be pulled down from the sides of the trading posts. 1971Reader's Digest (U.S.) Oct. 58/2 Hundreds of brokers were swarming around 17 horseshoe-shaped trading posts to execute the overnight accumulation of orders to sell, sell, sell. |