trade on

verb

traded on; trading on; trades on
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transitive verb

: to take often unscrupulous advantage of : exploit
… traded on their influence … in securing special favors.—T. C. Pease

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Kalshi told Fortune that the hospitality group, which was unnamed but operates 25 bars, including several near Dodger Stadium, made the trade on the platform if the city’s MLB team did not advance to the World Series. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 Oil trades on a global market, so American drivers pay global prices. — John Paul Helveston, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 These will be traded on the NSE in Kenyan shillings, and Stanbic will manage the foreign exchange conversion and pay out dividends. — semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026 But the market is telling us that energy stocks are trading on more than just inflation expectations or geopolitical pressures. — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trade on

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