Operate and Trade

Operate

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

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Trade and operate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Trade" instead a verb "Operate".

Trade verb - To carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property.

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Operate and trade are semantically related in do business topic. Sometimes you can use "Operate" instead a verb "Trade".

Nearby Words: traded, trading, trader, tradesman

unit	operate unit	trade unit
equipment	operate equipment	trade equipment
way	operate way	trade way
technology	operate technology	trade technology
Other words: magic, gun, weapons.

At the high end, they operate entire fleets of starships and run a trade dynasty spanning dozens if not hundreds of worlds.

Source: Fiction 500
The trade fleets operate from Mercury, because its central location next to the sun makes it a convenient stopping point.

Source: Solar Sail
All nations in Squaresoft's Secret of Mana operate on a single currency, even though two are at war with each other and a few others are cut off from conventional trade routes.

Source: Global Currency

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