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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.
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- 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.
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- 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
/ ³Ù°ù±ðɪ»å /
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
- ˈ³Ù°ù²¹»å²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
- ˈ³Ù°ù²¹»å±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù°ù²¹»åa·²ú±ô±ð ³Ù°ù²¹»å±ða·²ú±ô±ð adjective
- ³Ù°ù²¹»å±ðl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ¾±²Ôt±ð°ù·³Ù°ù²¹»å±ð noun verb intertraded intertrading
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹»å±ð noun
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹»åi²Ô²µ adjective
- ±è°ù´Ç·³Ù°ù²¹»å±ð adjective
- °ù±ð·³Ù°ù²¹»å±ð verb retraded retrading noun
- ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·³Ù°ù²¹»å±ð verb undertraded undertrading
- un·³Ù°ù²¹»åa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
- un·³Ù°ù²¹»å±ða·²ú±ô±ð adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹»åĻå adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹»åi²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of trade1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of trade1
Idioms and Phrases
- tricks of the trade
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He adds: "How US trading partners react against the reciprocal tariff policy will also have a major impact."
Those plans, to impose tariffs of between 10% and 50% on almost every country, have upended global trade and led to warnings that prices could soon rise for American consumers.
The Trump agenda's close encounter with cold, hard reality wasn't limited to trade this week, however.
It was based on a philosophy of replacing aid with trade.
Trump also said that China was “not very happy†about the steep tariffs he announced this week, which he said were necessary for fair and balanced trade between the two countries.
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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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