2. Commodities of the market. [R.]
You 'll see a draggled damsel From Billingsgate her
fishy traffic bear. --Gay.
3. The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc.,
with reference to the number of passengers or the amount
of freight carried.
{Traffic return}, a periodical statement of the receipts for
goods and passengers, as on a railway line.
{Traffic taker}, a computer of the returns of traffic on a
railway, steamboat line, etc.