- the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- the vehicles, persons, etc., moving in an area, along a street, etc.
- the transportation of goods for the purpose of trade, by sea, land, or air: ships of traffic.
- trade; buying and selling; commercial dealings.
- trade between different countries or places; commerce.
- the business done by a railroad or other carrier in the transportation of freight or passengers.
- the aggregate of freight, passengers, telephone or telegraph messages, etc., handled, especially in a given period.
- communication, dealings, or contact between persons or groups: traffic between the Democrats and the Republicans.
- mutual exchange or communication: traffic in ideas.
- trade in some specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature: the vast traffic in narcotics.
- illegal commercial trade in human beings for the purpose of exploiting them: the traffic in young children.
- to carry on traffic, trade, or commercial dealings.
- to trade or deal in a specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature (usually followed by in): to traffic in opium.
- (of vehicles or persons) to move over or through (a place): It's a heavily trafficked bridge.
- to trade or deal in (a commodity or service): to traffic guns.
- to trade in (human beings) for the purpose of exploitation: He was convicted for trafficking illegal immigrants.
- the vehicles coming and going in a street, town, etc
- (as modifier)
- the movement of vehicles, people, etc, in a particular place or for a particular purpose
- the business of commercial transportation by land, sea, or air
- the freight, passengers, etc, transported
- dealings or business
- trade, esp of an illicit or improper kind
- the aggregate volume of messages transmitted through a communications system in a given period
- the number of customers patronizing a commercial establishment in a given time period
- to carry on trade or business, esp of an illicit kind
- to have dealings
