| 单词 | private trader |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate trader private trader n. a person who carries on trade for his or her personal profit. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > not in service of a company private trader1616 free-trader1698 1616 in W. Foster Lett. received by E. India Co. (1901) V. 119 With the intelligence concerning the private traders of Captain Downton's merchants. 1784 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations (ed. 3) III. v. iii. 133 The competition of the two companies with the private traders..is said to have well nigh ruined both. 1830 J. F. Cooper Water Witch I. xi. 203 Prudence is a cardinal quality, in a private trader; and it is a quality that I esteem in Master Skimmer, next to his punctuality. 1991 South Aug. 95/4 From time to time the government tries to take the video-business in hand but it cannot compete against private traders. < as lemmas |
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