traffic

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. trade, barter, commerce, business. transportation; dealings, familiarity, intercourse, fraternization. —v. trade, deal, have dealings. See sale.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The flow of transport]

Syn. travel, passage, transportation, flux, movement, transfer, transit, ferriage, passenger service, freight shipment, truckage, cartage, influx.

2. [Dealings]

Syn. business, commerce, transactions, trade associations, exchange, soliciting, intercourse, familiarity, truck, interchange.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. vehicular movement congestion, *bottleneck, jam, gridlock, *bumper-to-bumper traffic, rush hour, transportation, movement, commuters, travelers.

2. buying and selling trade, commerce, merchandising, marketing, exchange, business, barter, smuggling, black marketing, transactions.

II

v.

buy, sell, trade, merchandise, market, exchange, do business in, deal in, peddle, smuggle, sell on the black market, *bootleg.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Commercial, industrial, or professional activity in general: business, commerce, industry, trade, trading. See ACTION. 2. The commercial transactions of customers with a supplier: business, custom, patronage, trade. See TRANSACTIONS.