1. (noun)trade the commercialexchange (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"
4. (noun)deal, trade, business deal a particularinstance 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 particularkind of skilled work "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"