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.