traf|fic

traf|fic
traf|fic «TRAF ihk», noun, verb, -ficked, -fick|ing.
–n.
1. people, automobiles, wagons, ships, or the like, coming and going along a way of travel: »

Police control the traffic in large cities.

2. the act or process of buying and selling; commerce; trade: »

traffic by sea.

3. a) the business done by a railroad line, steamship line, airline, or bus line; number of passengers or amount of freight carried. b) the revenue from this.
4. the total amount of business done by any company or industry within a certain time.
5. the transportation of goods and merchandise for the purpose of trade: »

ships of traffic.

6. Figurative. dealings; association: »

Traffic with criminals is dangerous. An extensive traffic in stolen goods (George Borrow).

–v.i.
1. to carry on trade; buy and sell; exchange: »

The men trafficked with the natives for ivory.

2. to have illicit dealings: »

to traffic in narcotics.

–v.t.
1. to come and go along (a way of travel); traverse: »

a lightly trafficked road.

2. to carry on trade in; buy and sell: »

to traffic illicit merchandise.

╂[< Middle French trafficque < Italian traffico < trafficare < tras- across (< Latin trāns-) + ficcare shove, poke, ultimately < Latin fīgere fix, set]
–traf´fic|less, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • traf|fic-jammed — «TRAF ihk JAMD», adjective. having much traffic; crowded with vehicles: »It was hot and muggy that June evening on Detroit s traffic jammed Belle Isle Bridge (Newsweek) …   Useful english dictionary

  • traf|fic|a|bil|i|ty — «TRAF uh kuh BIHL uh tee», noun. suitability for traffic or passage to and fro …   Useful english dictionary

  • traf|fic|a|ble — «TRAF uh kuh buhl», adjective. suitable for traffic or passage to and fro …   Useful english dictionary

  • fic — fic·a·ry; fic·i·dae; fic·tion; fic·tion·al; fic·tion·al·ism; fic·tion·al·is·tic; fic·tion·al·iza·tion; fic·tion·al·ize; fic·tion·eer; fic·tion·er; fic·tion·ist; fic·tious; fic·ti·tious; fic·ti·tious·ly; fic·ti·tious·ness; fic·tive;… …   English syllables

  • traf — traf; traf·fic·abil·i·ty; traf·fic·able; traf·fi·ca·tor; traf·fick·er; traf·fic; traf·fick; …   English syllables

  • traffic — traf·fic …   English syllables

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  • traffic — traf|fic1 [ træfık ] noun uncount *** 1. ) the vehicles that are traveling in an area at a particular time: At that time of night, there was no traffic on the roads. the huge volume of traffic on the highway rush hour traffic a ) only before noun …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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