fair-trade

verb

Definition of fair-tradenext
as in to wholesale

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fair-trade
  1. wholesale
  2. retail
  3. sell
  4. market
  5. supply
  6. merchandise
  7. purchase
  8. buy
Verb
  • The company doesn’t wholesale its collection.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
  • Light industrial uses could include storage yards, data and information processing, medical or dental laboratories, research and development, warehouses, wholesaling or a recycling center.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of wholesale
Verb
  • Budget-minded car shoppers can still choose from a number of models that retail for under $30,000 and get cash-saving fuel economy.
    — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Set to retail at $359, this package – also in a Paulownia box – is available at $226.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 July 2026
Definition of retail
Verb
  • Since the band was formed, the group has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • SparkHouse’s cafe and bar is open to the public and sells tea, coffee (try the honey matcha latte), wine, beer cocktails and small bites.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of sell
Verb
  • The manufacturer then finalizes tooling – designing and manufacturing the parts of a popcorn bucket – before the product is shipped to theater companies, marketed to fans and, eventually, sold online and in theaters.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Winning has afforded him opportunities to sell and market a line of spice rubs, sauces, glazes, seasonings, baths, brines, and injectables.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
Definition of market
Verb
  • During the pandemic, the company started supplying medical apparel to hospitals and schools, and the business took off, with revenue doubling in 2020, Beig said.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The crypto members supply what the banks and merchants cannot.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of supply
Verb
  • For Spisak, the reports weren’t replacing merchandising judgment.
    — Angela Chan-Danisi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Lindsay also discusses the brand’s expansion of IP, including Pablo Sanchez, from video games to merchandise and streaming programming.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of merchandise
Verb
  • The new fleet will replace Canada’s four aging Victoria-class submarines, which were purchased secondhand from the United Kingdom in the late 1990s.
    — Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • China, the world's top crude importer, has not been particularly enthusiastic about purchasing Iranian oil, despite traditionally being the main buyer of the country's energy.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Definition of purchase
Verb
  • This pursuit of inner peace, whether through vacations or symbolic purchases, may reflect a generation trying to buy calm in a country where certainty is itself a luxury.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • La Scuola del Cuoio carries on Florence’s historic leather-making tradition and is the perfect place to buy a high-quality artisan bag.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
Definition of buy
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“Fair-trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fair-trade. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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