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Trade in sawn fir or pine timber (4)

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I believe the answer is:

deal

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This clue might be a double definition.

'trade in' is the first definition.
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'timber' is the second definition.
(I know that deal is a type of board)

'sawn fir or pine' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to one of the definitions.

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(Other definitions for deal that I've seen before include "Put cards on table" , "Distribute (cards); wood" , "Softwood - business transaction" , "What business folk do" , "Sawn wood" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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