What does とする do in this sentence?


> 人や荷物の移送を **商売とする** 馬車輸送がそこかしこで見受けられるようになっている。

I don't understand what とする does in this sentence. Can someone explain it to
me?

Thanks!




とする here makes an attribute out of a noun 商売 "trade, business".

Literally meaning "making (transport of people and goods) a business", it
corresponds in this context to English " **commercial** horse-drawn transport
of goods and people"




とする here makes an attribute out of a noun 商売 "trade, business".

Literally meaning "making (transport of people and goods) a business", it
corresponds in this context to English " **commercial** horse-drawn transport
of goods and people"

