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1. The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
    
2. Buying and selling; especially illicit trade
    
3. The amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
   "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"
    
4. Social or verbal interchange (usually followed by 'with')
   - dealings

1. Deal illegally
   "traffic drugs"
    
2. Trade or deal a commodity
   "They trafficked with us for gold"

Derived forms: trafficked, traffics, trafficking

See also: trafficker

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, commerce, commercialism, communicating, communication, give-and-take, interchange, mercantilism, merchandise, reciprocation, trade

Encyclopedia: Traffic