trade

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noun

Trade is defined as the general marketplace of buying and selling goods, the way you make a living or the act of exchanging or buying and selling something.
1. An example of trade is the tea trade where tea is imported from China and purchased in the US.
2. An example of trade is when you work in sales.
3. An example of trade is the act of exchanging one item for another or one item for money.

verb

To trade means to exchange something such as items or services, to buy or sell items or to buy or sell stocks.
1. An example of trade is when you give your friend your peanut butter sandwich in exchange for his tuna sandwich.
2. An example of trade is when you give a greeting to your friend and get greeted in return.
3. An example of trade is when you buy shares of a company stock.

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trade

Obs.
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
the buying and selling of commodities or the bartering of goods; commerce
dealings or the market involving specified commodities, customers, seasons, etc.: the tourist trade, the Easter trade
customers; clientele
a purchase or sale; deal; bargain
an exchange; swap
[pl.] the trade winds

Origin of trade

ME, a track, course of action from MLowG, a track from Old Saxon trada, a trace, trail, akin to Middle English trede, tread

of or relating to trade or commerce
of, by, or for those in a particular business or industry: trade papers or journals
of the members in the trades, or crafts: trade unions
of or having to do with the publishing of books intended for sale to the general public; specif., designating or of a paperback book of a size similar to a typical hardcover book

intransitive verb

trad′ed, trad′ing

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

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

trade Idioms

trade down

to trade something for something of lower value

trade in

to give (one's used automobile, etc.) as part of the purchase price of a new one

trade on

to take advantage of; exploit

trade up

to trade something for something of higher value

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noun

The business of buying and selling commodities, products, or services; commerce. See Synonyms at business.
A branch or kind of business: the women's clothing trade.
The people working in or associated with a business or industry: writers, editors, and other members of the publishing trade.
The activity or volume of buying or selling: The trade in stocks was brisk all morning.
An exchange of one thing for another: baseball teams making a trade of players.
An occupation, especially one requiring skilled labor; craft: the building trades.
trades The trade winds.

verb

trad·ed, trad·ing, trades

verb

intransitive

To engage in buying and selling for profit.
To make an exchange of one thing for another.
To be offered for sale or be sold: Stocks traded at lower prices this morning.
To shop or buy regularly: trades at the local supermarket.

verb

transitive

To give in exchange for something else: trade farm products for manufactured goods; will trade my ticket for yours.
To buy and sell (stocks, for example).
To pass back and forth: We traded jokes.

adjective

Of or relating to trade or commerce.
Relating to, used by, or serving a particular trade: a trade magazine.
Of or relating to books that are primarily published to be sold commercially, as in bookstores.

Phrasal Verbs: trade down To trade something in for something else of lower value or price: bought a new, smaller car, trading the old one down for economy. trade in To surrender or sell (an old or used item), using the proceeds as partial payment on a new purchase. trade on To put to calculated and often unscrupulous advantage; exploit: children of celebrities who trade on their family names. trade up To trade something in for something else of greater value or price: The value of our house soared, enabling us to trade up to a larger place.

Origin of trade

Middle English course from Middle Low German

Related Forms:

trad′a·ble trade′a·ble
adjective

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trade

cabotage the act of navigating or trading along a coast. chreotechnics Rare. useful arts, as agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing. coemption Obsolete, the purchase of all of a given commodity in order to control its price. —coemptive, adj. duopoly the market condition that exists when there are only two sellers. —duopolist, n. —duopolistic, adj. duopsony the market condition that exists when there are only two buyers. —duopsonistic, adj. emption 1. Rare. the act of purchasing. 2. Obsolete, the thing purchased. —emptional, adj. emptor Law. abuyer. merchantry 1. merchants collectively. 2. the business of commerce or trade. monopolism the practices and system of a monopoly. —monopolist, n. —monopolistic, adj. monopoly an exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. —monopolist, n. —monopolistic, adj. monopsony the market condition that exists when only one buyer will purchase the products of a number of sellers. —monopsonist, n. —monopsonistic, adj. multiopoly the condition of free enterprise, without restriction as to the number of sellers of a given product. multiopsony a market condition where no restriction on the number of buyers exists. —multiopsonist, n. —multiopsonistic, adj. oligopoly the market condition that exists when there are few sellers. —oligopolistic, adj. oligopsony a market condition in which there are few buyers. —oligopsonist, n. —oligopsonistic, adj. paternalism fatherlike control over subordinates or employees in business. —paternalist, n. —paternalistic, adj. preferentialism the policy of giving preferential treatment in international trade. —preferentialist, n.

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural trades)

(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.
I did no trades with them once the rumors started.
(countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.
(countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade.
(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
He learned his trade as an apprentice.
(uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
Even before noon there was considerable trade.
(chiefly in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
They rode the trades going west.
(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.
(uncountable, LGBT, slang) A brief sexual encounter.
Josh picked up some trade last night.
(mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
Spenser
Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade.
Shakespeare
Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, / Some way of common trade, where subjects' feet / May hourly trample on their sovereign's head.
Spenser
There those five sisters had continual trade.
Massinger
Long did I love this lady, / Long was my travel, long my trade to win her.
Shakespeare
Thy sin's not accidental but a trade.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present trades, present participle trading, simple past and past participle traded)

To engage in trade
This company trades in precious metal.
To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
To give (something) in exchange for.
Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?
To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).

Anagrams

adret, dater, derat, drate, rated, tared, tread

Origin

From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct"), cognate with Old English tredan (“tread"); See Online Etymology Dictionary

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