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trading house Fur Trade, Hist. 
a building or a group of buildings serving as a trading centre for a fur company in a certain region.
See also: trading post (def. 1)
- 1772 (1908) . . . in the afternoon passed by an old Trading house, belonging to the French pedlars before the conquest of Quebec. . . .
- 1818 The only habitation beyond it, is a trading house of the North-west Company, who drive a pretty gainful traffic with the Indians of the neighbourhood, taking their furs at a shillng each, and selling them those commodities custom has rendered necessaries, at their own price. . . .
- 1864 . . . the green in front of the Trading House was covered with the swarthy devils in all manner of paint and adornment--drums, pipes, hatchets and knives.
- 1949 In order to cultivate friendly relations with the Indians and guard against the attempts of the enemy to wean them away, it was decided to establish an Indian trading-house for them at a little cove above the Reversing Falls.
- 1772 (1908) . . . in the afternoon passed by an old Trading house, belonging to the French pedlars before the conquest of Quebec. . . .