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(Encyclopedia) fair trade, a trading arrangement intended to provide more equitable international trade by creating better conditions for disadvantaged or marginalized producers of goods. Fair trade…free trade
(Encyclopedia) free trade, in modern usage, trade or commerce carried on without such restrictions as import duties, export bounties, domestic production subsidies, trade quotas, or import licenses.…trade association
(Encyclopedia) trade association, group of business people in the same trade or industry organized for the advancement of common interests. The trade association differs from the chamber of commerce…trade rat
(Encyclopedia) trade rat: see pack rat.trade union
(Encyclopedia) trade union: see union, labor.trade winds
(Encyclopedia) trade winds, movement of air toward the equator, from the NE in the Northern Hemisphere and from the SE in the Southern Hemisphere. The trade winds originate on the equatorial sides of…potlatch
(Encyclopedia) potlatchpotlatchpŏtˈlăchˌ [key], ceremonial feast of the natives of the NW coast of North America, entailing the public distribution of property. The host and his relatives lavishly…Voyage to the Beginning of the World
Director/Writer:Manoel de OliveiraDirector of Photography:Renato BertaEditor:Valérie LoiseleuxMusic:Emmanuel NuñesProduction Designer:Zé BrancoProducer:Paulo BrancoStrand Releasing; NR; 95…Campbell, Robert, American fur trader and merchant
(Encyclopedia) Campbell, Robert, 1804–79, American fur trader and merchant, one of the mountain men, b. Ireland. He came to the United States c.1824. Having been advised to lead an outdoor life…Kelsey, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Kelsey, HenryKelsey, Henrykĕlˈsē [key], c.1670–1729, English fur trader and explorer in Canada. He entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1684. He was sent (1689) inland to…Trending
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