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Definition of Traffic

1. Noun. The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time.

2. Verb. Deal illegally. "Traffic drugs"

3. Noun. Buying and selling; especially illicit trade.

4. Verb. Trade or deal a commodity. "They trafficked with us for gold"

5. Noun. The amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time. "Traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"

6. Noun. Social or verbal interchange (usually followed by 'with').

Definition of Traffic

1. v. i. To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.

2. v. t. To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.

3. n. Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade.

Definition of Traffic

1. to engage in buying and selling [v -FICKED, -FICKING, -FICS]

Medical Definition of Traffic

1. 1. Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade. "A merchant of great traffic through the world." (Shak) "The traffic in honors, places, and pardons." (Macaulay) This word, like trade, comprehends every species of dealing in the exchange or passing of goods or merchandise from hand to hand for an equivalent, unless the business of relating may be excepted. It signifies appropriately foreign trade, but is not limited to that. 2. Commodities of the market. "You 'll see a draggled damsel From Billingsgate her fishy traffic bear." (Gay) 3. The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc, with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried. Traffic return, a periodical statement of the receipts for goods and passengers, as on a railway line. Traffic taker, a computer of the returns of traffic on a railway, steamboat line, etc. Origin: Cf. F. Trafic, It. Traffico, Sp. Trafico, trafago, Pg. Trafego, LL. Traficum, trafica. See Traffic. 1. To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade. 2. To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain. Origin: F. Trafiquer; cf. It. Trafficare, Sp. Traficar, trafagar, Pg. Traficar, trafegar, trafeguear, LL. Traficare; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. L. Trans across, over + -ficare to make (see -fy, and cf. G. Ubermachen to transmit, send over, e. G, money, wares); or cf. Pg. Trasfegar to pour out from one vessel into another, OPg. Also, to traffic, perhaps fr. (assumed) LL. Vicare to exchange, from L. Vicis change (cf. Vicar). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Traffic

traditores traditors trads traduce traduced traducement traducements traducer traducers traduces

traducianism traducing Trafalgar Trafalgar Square traffic (current term) traffic (current term) trafficability trafficable trafficator trafficked

trafficker traffickers trafficking trafficking traffics traffic circle traffic control traffic cop traffic court traffic island

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