What does untrading mean?
Untrading means (archaic) Not engaging in commerce..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(archaic) Not engaging in commerce..
Men leave estates to their children in land, as not so liable to casualties as money in untrading and unskilful hands.
This income enabled him to give up general bookselling in 1762 and buy Linden House, a mansion valued at a colossal £12,000, in the suburbs at Turnham Green, where he was a regular at the Presbyterian church, kept a carriage and lived in some style. He became, through literature, 'an independent, untrading gentleman' […]
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Untrading means (archaic) Not engaging in commerce..
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Men leave estates to their children in land, as not so liable to casualties as money in untrading and unskilful hands.
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