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Definition of 'Trade' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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.

8.  trade
a field of business activity.

9.  trade
the customers of a business establishment.

10.  trade
trades,

11. (v.t.) trade
to buy and sell; barter; traffic in.

12.  trade
to exchange:
to trade seats.

13. (v.i.) trade
to carry on trade:
trading in silver and gold.

14.  trade
to traffic (usu. fol. by in):
a tyrant who trades in human lives.

15.  trade
to make an exchange.

16.  trade
to make one's purchases; shop; buy.

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"


Definition of 'Trade' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) trade
the activity of buying and selling goods
trade between different countries

2.  trade
a type of industry
the building trade

3.  trade
a job for which you learn special manual skills
His parents encouraged him to take up a trade.

4. (verb) trade
to do business
a company that trades with Japan

5.  trade
to exchange sth with sb
Will you trade your baseball for my football?


Definition of 'Trade' Webster Dictionary 

1.  Trade
a track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort

2.  Trade
course; custom; practice; occupation; employment

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

8.  Trade
the trade winds

9.  Trade
refuse or rubbish from a mine

10.  Trade
imp. of Tread

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

12. (verb) Trade
to buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance

13. (verb) Trade
to have dealings; to be concerned or associated; -- usually followed by with

14. (verb) Trade
to sell or exchange in commerce; to barter


Translation of 'Trade' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the buying and selling of goods
Japan does a lot of trade with Britain.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: handel Arabic flag Arabic: تِجارَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: търговия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: comércio Czech flag Czech: obchod German flag German: der Handel
Danish flag Danish: handel; samhandel Greek flag Greek: εμπόριο Spanish flag Spanish: comercio
Estonian flag Estonian: kaubavahetus, kaubitsemin Farsi flag Farsi: تجارت Finnish flag Finnish: kauppa
French flag French: commerce Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִסחָר Hindi flag Hindi: व्यापार
Croatian flag Croatian: trgovina Hungarian flag Hungarian: kereskedelem Indonesian flag Indonesian: perdagangan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: viðskipti Italian flag Italian: commercio Japanese flag Japanese: 貿易
Korean flag Korean: 거래 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: prekyba Latvian flag Latvian: tirdzniecība
Malay flag Malay: perdagangan Dutch flag Dutch: handel Norwegian flag Norwegian: handel
Polish flag Polish: handel Persian flag Persian: تجارت Pashto flag Pashto: تجارت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: comércio Romanian flag Romanian: comerţ Russian flag Russian: торговля
Slovak flag Slovak: obchod Slovenian flag Slovenian: trgovina Serbian flag Serbian: trgovina
Swedish flag Swedish: handel Thai flag Thai: การค้าขาย Turkish flag Turkish: ticaret
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 貿易 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: торгівля Urdu flag Urdu: خريد و فروخت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thương mại, sự buôn bán Chinese flag Chinese: 贸易

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