transit trade

Trade arising from the pa age of goods acro a country. trăn-sit, v . t . [TRANSIT, 8.] To pa over the disc of, as of a heavenly body; as, Venus transits the face of the sun. trăn-si-tion, s . [Lat. transitio , from transitum , sup. of transeo =to pa over or acro ; Fr. trans i tion ; Sp. trans i cion; Ital. transizione.] [TRANSIENT.] I. Ord. Lang.: The act, state or operation of pa ing from one place or state to another; pa age from one place or state to another; change. translate