1. (n.)trade 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.
2. trade a purchase or sale; business deal or transaction.
3. trade an exchange of items, usu. without payment of money.
4. trade any occupation pursued as a business or livelihood.
5. trade some line of skilled manual or mechanical work; craft.
6. trade people engaged in a particular line of business: a show open to the trade.
7. trade market: an increase in the tourist trade.
17. trade trade in, to give (a used article) as payment to be credited toward a purchase.
18. trade trade off, to exchange something for or with another.
19. trade trade on or upon, to turn to one's advantage, esp. selfishly or unfairly; exploit: to trade on the weaknesses of others.
20. (adj.)trade of or pertaining to trade or commerce.
21. trade used by, serving, or intended for a particular trade: trade journals.
22. trade Also, trades. of, composed of, or serving the members of a trade: a trade club.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME: course, path, track < MD, MLG (OS trada), c. OHG trata; akin to tread)
Definition of 'TRADE'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)trade the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"; "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"
2. (noun)trade, craft the skilled practice of a practical occupation "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
3. (noun)trade, patronage the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
4. (noun)deal, trade, business deal a particular instance of buying or selling "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal"
5. (noun)craft, trade people who perform a particular kind of skilled work "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"
6. (noun)trade wind, trade steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator "they rode the trade winds going west"
7. (verb)barter, swap, swop, trade an equal exchange "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
8. (verb)trade, merchandise engage in the trade of "he is merchandising telephone sets"
9. (verb)trade, trade in turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase "trade in an old car for a new one"
10. (verb)trade be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions "The stock traded around $20 a share"
11. (verb)trade, swap, swop, switch exchange or give (something) in exchange for
12. (verb)deal, sell, trade do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
3. TRADE business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing
4. TRADE specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter
5. TRADE the business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician
6. TRADE instruments of any occupation
7. TRADE a company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade
11. (verb)TRADE to barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business
Definitions of TRADE 
Afrikaans: handel
Arabic: تِجارَه
Bulgarian: търговия
Brazilian: comércio
Czech: obchod
German: der Handel
Danish: handel; samhandel
Greek: εμπόριο
Spanish: comercio
Estonian: kaubavahetus, kaubitsemin
Farsi: تجارت
Finnish: kauppa
French: commerce
Hebrew: מִסחָר
Hindi: व्यापार
Croatian: trgovina
Hungarian: kereskedelem
Indonesian: perdagangan
Icelandic: viðskipti
Italian: commercio
Japanese: 貿易
Korean: 거래
Lithuanian: prekyba
Latvian: tirdzniecība
Malay: perdagangan
Dutch: handel
Norwegian: handel
Polish: handel
Persian: تجارت
Pashto: تجارت
Portuguese: comércio
Romanian: comerţ
Russian: торговля
Slovak: obchod
Slovenian: trgovina
Serbian: trgovina
Swedish: handel
Thai: การค้าขาย
Turkish: ticaret
Taiwanese: 貿易
Ukrainian: торгівля
Urdu: خريد و فروخت
Vietnamese: thương mại, sự buôn bán
Chinese: 贸易
