Merchants traded goods for profit.

Meaning: This sentence is about why people used to trade goods.

Choice of Words: Merchants are people who buy and sell goods. Traded means to exchange goods or services for money or other goods. Goods are things that are bought and sold. For is a preposition that indicates a purpose or reason. Profit is the money made from selling something for more than it was bought for.

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Related Expressions

• Merchants traded goods widely.
• Merchants traded goods from distant lands.
• Merchant traded goods across sea.
• Merchant traded goods at market.
• The big truck carried heavy goods across the country.
• He drives a truck to deliver goods to people.
• Merchant sold goods in market.
• The big truck carried heavy goods.
• He drives a truck to deliver goods.
• Merchant sold goods at market.