petty trader

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petty
adjective
uk
/ˈpet.i/us
/ˈpet̬.i/
not important and not worth giving ...
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trader
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtreɪ.dər/us
/ˈtreɪ.dɚ/
a person who buys and ...
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While there are labour unions that have attained some successes, farmers, artisans, petty traders and female workers have not organised effectively to demand economic opportunities.
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Thus while quite a few female traders became rich, and some of them also politically influential, the large majority remained petty traders.
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In other words, the women cannot but accept that men are wholesalers 'on the road ' or petty traders ' in the street'.
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This most threatened local petty traders who transported grains, livestock, and consumer goods for resale at neighbouring markets across the international boundary.
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One of the topics addressed by the investigators at this time was the impact of heavy taxation on petty traders.
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Other members of its committee, however, were mostly petty traders and small shop owners.
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A small number of the community have become businessmen and petty traders.
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The majority of those who resides here are farmers, agricultural laborers and petty traders.
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They are now mainly a community of petty traders, with a few successful businessmen.
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However, the largest influx, consisting of fishermen and petty traders, began settling illegally in the early 1980s.
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Somalis became civil servants, teachers, and soldiers, petty traders in coastal cities, and small-business proprietors.
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