traded

Variant of trade

noun

  1. Obsolete
    1. a track; path
    2. a course; regular procedure
    1. a means of earning one's living; occupation, work, or line of business
    2. an occupation requiring skill in any of certain kinds of work done with the hands, as distinguished from unskilled work or from a profession or business; craft
    3. all the persons or companies in a particular line of business or work
  2. the buying and selling of commodities or the bartering of goods; commerce
  3. dealings or the market involving specified commodities, customers, seasons, etc.: the tourist trade, the Easter trade
  4. customers; clientele
  5. a purchase or sale; deal; bargain
  6. an exchange; swap
  7. the trade winds

Origin: ME, a track, course of action < MLowG, a track < OS trada, a trace, trail, akin to ME trede, tread

adjective

  1. of or relating to trade or commerce
  2. of, by, or for those in a particular business or industry: trade papers or journals
  3. of the members in the trades, or crafts: trade unions

intransitive verb traded, trading

  1. to carry on a trade or business
  2. to have business dealings (with someone)
  3. to make an exchange (with someone)
  4. Informal to be a customer (at a specified store or shop)

transitive verb

  1. to exchange; barter; swap
  2. to buy and sell (stocks, etc.)

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