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Carrying trade

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the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water or land; freighting.

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With them and with most other European nations we are rivals in navigation and the carrying trade; and we shall deceive ourselves if we suppose that any of them will rejoice to see it flourish; for, as our carrying trade cannot increase without in some degree diminishing theirs, it is more their interest, and will be more their policy, to restrain than to promote it.
Federalist Papers Authored by John Jay by Jay, John View in context
This thought has let states with a limited territorial basis like Tyre, Carthage, Venice, Holland, and England, for instance, to secure the carrying trade.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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