What's the difference between oversold and trading?

Oversold


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Oversell

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cancellation of the scheme to develop the role of care practitioner has caused dismay in the struggling social care sector, where there was already widespread anger that the chancellor had greatly oversold a supposed £3.5bn package of help for the sector that he unveiled in the review.
  • (2) Jones says that no one "needs" one and their benefits should not be oversold.
  • (3) He argues that the human genome project has been overhyped and oversold, that the legal and ethical issues posed by the project are real and unappreciated, and that the dangers as well as the opportunities should be rigorously and publicly explored.
  • (4) Joan B Wolf, professor of gender studies at Texas A&M University, contends that breastfeeding has been oversold because of three factors.
  • (5) "The biggest problem facing all of the UN courts today," he says, "is that they were so grossly oversold by human rights advocates during the 1990s.
  • (6) The prime minister may well be right when he says things are looking up – Britain is doing better on the jobs front than either the US or the euro area, which suggests that sterling may be oversold on the foreign exchanges.
  • (7) Examples are cited to argue that some mass prevention programs have been oversold.
  • (8) And the benefits of GMOS have been oversold by the industry: they haven’t, so far, done much to feed the hungry.
  • (9) Jack Warner had oversold tickets for the 22,000-seat stadium.
  • (10) Because of the public's interest in ART, its usefulness has been "oversold".
  • (11) Limited military options, such as air strikes against nuclear facilities, are "oversold as to their ability to end or even significantly delay Iran's nuclear program," the report says.
  • (12) They have oversold the benefits of prevention and underestimated the secondary effects.
  • (13) Others argued that opponents had oversold the importance of Keystone XL as a contributor to future climate change.

Trading


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trade
  • (a.) Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company.
  • (a.) Frequented by traders.
  • (a.) Venal; corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He voiced support for refugees, trade unions, council housing, peace, international law and human rights.
  • (2) "There is … a risk that the political, trade, and gas frictions with Russia could lead to strong deterioration in economic relations between the two countries, with a significant drop in Ukraine's exports to and imports from Russia.
  • (3) Over the past 20 years the rag-and-bone trade has had a makeover.
  • (4) The choice is partly technical – what kind of trading arrangement do we want with the EU?
  • (5) The young European idealist who helped Leon Brittan, the British EU commissioner, to negotiate Chinese entry to the World Trade Organisation, also found his Spanish lawyer wife in Brussels.
  • (6) Analysts have trimmed their profit forecasts for this year with trading profits of £3.3bn pencilled in compared with £3.5bn in 2012-13.
  • (7) "It will strike consumers as unfair that whilst the company is still trading, they are unable to use gift cards and vouchers," he said.
  • (8) George Osborne said the 146,000 fall in joblessness marked "another step on the road to full employment" but Labour and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) seized on news that earnings were failing to keep pace with prices.
  • (9) They could go out and trade for a pitcher such as the New York Mets’ Bartolo Colón , an obvious choice despite his 41 years, but he would come with an $11m price tag for next season and have to pass through the waiver wires process first – considering the wily mood Billy Beane is in this year, the A’s could be the team that blocks such a move.
  • (10) Bob Farnsworth, president of Nashville, Tennessee-based Hummingbird Productions, told trade publication Variety that the film was set for release in 2015 and would star Karolyn Grimes, who played George Bailey's daughter in the original film.
  • (11) Minimum investment is £200, and the share prospectus states that interest of 6% will be paid from year three of trading.
  • (12) Chadwick felt that Customs and Trading Standards needed to continue their war on illegal tobacco – if not, efforts to tackle smoking could be undermined.
  • (13) Eight of the UK's biggest supermarkets have signed up to a set of principles following concerns that they were "failing to operate within the spirit of the law" over special offers and promotions for food and drink, the Office of Fair Trading has said.
  • (14) By sharing insights and best practice expertise through [the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan] esap and other platforms, Wrap believes business models such as trade-in services will be a reality in the next three to five years.” The actions of the 51 signatories to esap include: implementing new business models such as take-back and resale; extending product durability; and gaining greater value from reuse and recycling.
  • (15) The Macassans traded iron, tobacco, cloth and gin for access to Yolngu waters.
  • (16) Speaking at The Carbon Show in London today, Philippe Chauvancy, director at climate exchange BlueNext, said that the announcement last week that it is to develop China's first standard for voluntary emission reduction projects alongside the government-backed China Beijing Environmental Exchange, could lay the foundations for a voluntary cap-and-trade scheme.
  • (17) During evidence in chief, he said the only people who would amend a settlement or information about a trade would be "the person who knew of the transaction, who would be the trader."
  • (18) According to research by Tiga, the trade body representing the UK games industry, women make up just 12% of the development workforce in Britain – a percentage reflected by similar surveys in the US and Canada.
  • (19) • Criminal sanctions should be introduced for anyone who attempts to manipulate Libor by amending the Financial Services and Market Act to allow the FSA to prosecute manipulation of the rate • The new body that oversees the administration of Libor, replacing the BBA, should introduce a "code of conduct" that requires submissions to be corroborated by trade data • Libor is set by a panel of banks asked the price at which they expect to borrow over 15 periods, from overnight to 12 months, in 10 currencies.
  • (20) All have territorial disputes with Beijing over the South China Sea , a route for about $4.5tn (£3.4tn) in trade that the US is concerned China wants to fully control.

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