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trade
[ treyd ]
noun
- the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
domestic trade; foreign trade.
Synonyms: , ,
- the act of buying, selling, or exchanging stocks, bonds, or currency:
Stock brokerages typically charge a commission per trade.
- a purchase or sale; business deal or transaction.
- an exchange of items, usually without payment of money.
Synonyms:
- Sports. the transfer of a player or players among professional teams:
a midseason trade.
- any occupation pursued as a business or livelihood.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- some line of skilled manual or mechanical work; craft:
the trade of a carpenter; printer's trade.
- people engaged in a particular line of business:
a lecture of interest only to the trade.
- market:
an increase in the tourist trade.
- a field of business activity:
a magazine for the furniture trade.
- the customers of a business establishment.
- Informal. trade paper.
- trades. trade wind ( def 1 ).
verb (used with object)
- to buy and sell; barter; traffic in.
- to exchange:
to trade seats.
- Sports. to transfer (a player under contract) from one team to another:
The manager traded two defensive players at the end of the season.
verb (used without object)
- to carry on trade.
- to be bought, sold, or exchanged:
Stocks traded lower after the release of the jobs report.
- to traffic (usually followed by in ):
a tyrant who trades in human lives.
- to make an exchange.
- to make one's purchases; shop; buy.
adjective
- of or relating to trade or commerce.
- used by, serving, or intended for a particular trade:
trade journal.
- Also trades. of, composed of, or serving the members of a trade:
a trade club.
verb phrase
- to give (a used article) as payment to be credited toward a purchase:
We trade in our car every three years.
- to exchange a more valuable or desirable item for a less valuable or desirable one.
- to exchange a less valuable or desirable item for a more valuable or desirable one.
- to exchange something for or with another.
- to turn to one's advantage, especially selfishly or unfairly; exploit:
to trade on the weaknesses of others.
trade
/ ٰɪ /
noun
- the act or an instance of buying and selling goods and services either on the domestic (wholesale and retail) markets or on the international (import, export, and entrepôt) markets mercantile
- a personal occupation, esp a craft requiring skill
- the people and practices of an industry, craft, or business
- exchange of one thing for something else
- the regular clientele of a firm or industry
- amount of custom or commercial dealings; business
- a specified market or business
the tailoring trade
- an occupation in commerce, as opposed to a profession
- commercial customers, as opposed to the general public
trade only
trade advertising
- slang:homosexual.a sexual partner or sexual partners collectively
- archaic.a custom or habit
verb
- tr to buy and sell (commercial merchandise)
- to exchange (one thing) for another
- intr to engage in trade
- intr to deal or do business (with)
we trade with them regularly
adjective
- intended for or available only to people in industry or business
trade prices
trade
- Business or commerce; economic activity.
Derived Forms
- ˈٰ岹, adjective
- ˈٰ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٰa· ٰa· adjective
- ٰl adjective
- t·ٰ noun verb intertraded intertrading
- ԴDz·ٰ noun
- ԴDz·ٰiԲ adjective
- ·ٰ adjective
- ·ٰ verb retraded retrading noun
- ܲd·ٰ verb undertraded undertrading
- un·ٰa· adjective
- un·ٰa· adjective
- ܲ·ٰĻ adjective
- ܲ·ٰiԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of trade1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of trade1
Idioms and Phrases
- tricks of the trade
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The report is the most comprehensive reading of how the world's largest economy is holding up following the introduction of import taxes by President Donald Trump, which has scrambled global trade and created major uncertainty.
The U.S. military contended that all these tactics were operationally successful as a trade of trees for American lives.
Expectations are growing that the Bank of England could cut interest rates three more times this year because of the global fallout from US trade tariffs.
But while trading continued to show weakness in the US, which is its biggest market, sales rose in China and Canada.
If you say the name Donald Trump in the halls of wholesale markets and trade fairs in China, you'll hear a faint chuckle.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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