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prompt trade Fur Trade, Hist. 
a transaction in which the customer at a trading post simply turned over his furs for their exact value in goods.
- 1913 In the Indian debt book every article had to be strictly itemized . . . and even in what was called "prompt trade" . . . it was better to make a balancing entry in his current account. . . .
- 1913 In the Indian debt book every article had to be strictly itemized . . . and even in what was called "prompt trade" . . . it was better to make a balancing entry in his current account. . . .