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| trade [ trayd ] |
noun (plural trades) |
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1. buying and selling: the activity of buying and selling, or sometimes bartering, goods
  a suspension of trade between the two countries
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2. area of business or industry: a specific area of business or industry
the book trade
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3. occupation: a skilled occupation, usually one requiring manual labor
learn a trade
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4. people in business: the people who work in a specific area of business or industry
You'll never convince the trade that this tax is fair.
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5. work in commerce: work in commerce as opposed to a profession
graduates going into trade
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6. customers: customers or business generated by customers
losing trade to their competitors
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7. commercial customers: customers in business and industry, as opposed to the general public, who purchase products related to their business or industry
This counter is for the trade only.
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8. exchange: an exchange of somebody or something for another
If neither of you likes your room, why don't you do a trade?
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9. meteorology
Same as trade wind
the southern trades
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10. publishing business publication: a publication meant for people in a specific line of business
advertising in all the trades
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11. U.S. deal: a deal or transaction
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verb (past and past participle trad·ed, present participle trad·ing, 3rd person present singular trades) |
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1. intransitive verb buy and sell goods: to take part in buying and selling goods for trade
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2. transitive verb deal in something: to buy and sell a particular commodity
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3. intransitive verb U.S. shop or buy regularly from business: to shop or buy something regularly at a particular place of business
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4. transitive verb exchange something: to give and receive something alternately with somebody else
trading punches
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5. transitive and intransitive verb make exchange: to make an exchange, or exchange somebody or something for another
Each had something the other wanted and they were happy to trade.
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| [14th century. < Middle Low German, "track"] |
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| trad·a·ble adjective |
| trade·less adjective |
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cease trading to go out of business
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