What does trade mean?
Definitions for trade
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word trade.
Princeton's WordNet
tradenoun
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"
trade, craftnoun
the skilled practice of a practical occupation
"he learned his trade as an apprentice"
trade, patronagenoun
the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
"even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
deal, trade, business dealnoun
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"
craft, tradenoun
people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
"he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"
trade wind, tradenoun
steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
"they rode the trade winds going west"
barter, swap, swop, tradeverb
an equal exchange
"we had no money so we had to live by barter"
trade, merchandiseverb
engage in the trade of
"he is merchandising telephone sets"
trade, trade inverb
turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
"trade in an old car for a new one"
tradeverb
be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
"The stock traded around $20 a share"
trade, swap, swop, switchverb
exchange or give (something) in exchange for
deal, sell, tradeverb
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
"She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
Wiktionary
tradenoun
Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradenoun
A particular instance of buying or selling.
I did no trades with them once the rumors started.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradenoun
An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradenoun
Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradenoun
Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradenoun
The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
He learned his trade as an apprentice.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradenoun
The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
Even before noon there was considerable trade.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradenoun
Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
They rode the trades going west.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradenoun
A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradeverb
To engage in trade
This company trades in precious metal.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradeverb
To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
stock trade
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradeverb
To give (something) in exchange for.
Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradeverb
To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
tradenoun
A brief sexual encounter.
Josh picked up some trade last night.
Etymology: From trade, cognate with tredan; See Online Etymology Dictionary
Webster Dictionary
Trade
a track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort
Trade
course; custom; practice; occupation; employment
Trade
business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing
Trade
specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter
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
Trade
instruments of any occupation
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
Trade
the trade winds
Trade
refuse or rubbish from a mine
Tradeverb
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
Tradeverb
to buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance
Tradeverb
to have dealings; to be concerned or associated; -- usually followed by with
Tradeverb
to sell or exchange in commerce; to barter
Trade
imp. of Tread
Freebase
Trade
Trade also called goods exchange economy is the transfer of ownership of goods from one person or entity to another by getting something in exchange from the buyer. Trade is sometimes loosely called commerce or financial transaction or barter. A network that allows trade is called a market. The original form of trade was barter, the direct exchange of goods and services. Later one side of the barter were the metals, precious metals, bill, paper money. Modern traders instead generally negotiate through a medium of exchange, such as money. As a result, buying can be separated from selling, or earning. The invention of money greatly simplified and promoted trade. Trade between two traders is called bilateral trade, while trade between more than two traders is called multilateral trade. Trade exists for man due to specialization and division of labor, in which most people concentrate on a small aspect of production, trading for other products. Trade exists between regions because different regions have a comparative advantage in the production of some tradable commodity, or because different regions size allows for the benefits of mass production. As such, trade at market prices between locations benefits both locations.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Trade
trād, n. buying and selling: commerce: occupation, craft; men engaged in the same occupation: rubbish.—v.i. to buy and sell: to act merely for money.—v.i. to traffic with.—adjs. Trād′ed (Shak.), versed, practised; Trade′ful (Spens.), commercial, busy in traffic.—ns. Trade′-hall, a hall for the meetings of any trade or guild; Trade′-mark, any name or distinctive device warranting goods for sale as the production of any individual or firm; Trade′-price, the price at which goods are sold to members of the same trade, or are sold by wholesale to retail dealers; Trā′der; Trade′-sale, an auction sale of goods by producers, &c., to persons in the trade.—n.pl. Trades′-folk, people employed in trade.—n. Trades′man, a common name for a shopkeeper: a mechanic:—fem. Trades′woman.—n.pl. Trades′peo′ple, people employed in various trades, esp. shopkeeping, &c.—ns. Trades′-un′ion, Trade′-un′ion, an organised association of the workmen of any trade or industry for the protection of their common interests; Trade′-un′ionism; Trade′-un′ionist; Trade′-wind, a wind blowing steadily toward the thermal equator and deflected westwardly by the eastward rotation of the earth.—adj. Trā′ding, carrying on commerce (also n.): (Milt.) frequented by traders, denoting places where the trade-winds blow.—Trade on, to take advantage of.—Board of Trade, a department of government for control of railways, mercantile marine, harbours, and commercial matters generally. [A.S. træd, pa.t. of tredan, to tread. Not Fr. traite, transport of goods—L. tractāre, freq. of trahĕre, to draw.]
Trade
trād, n. (Spens.) same as Tread: (Shak.) beaten path.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
trade
Implies the constant destination of any particular merchant vessels, as the Lisbon trade, West India trade, &c.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'trade' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #478
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'trade' in Written Corpus Frequency: #683
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'trade' in Nouns Frequency: #178
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'trade' in Verbs Frequency: #600
Anagrams for trade »
adret, dater, derat, drate, rated, tared, tread
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of trade in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of trade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of trade in a Sentence
People are becoming more defensive going into the weekend because we have three days where we can't react to news and it's three days that have a lot of uncertainty associated with them because of the tariffs, right now everything is evolving around the trade complex and probably will for the remainder of this year.
I was never in the bureaucracy, always in the theater, ive consciously tried not to romanticize anything, especially not intelligence work. Ive always said that Ive been writing a series of episodic, naturalistic novels. The people just happen to be spies, politicians, civil servants. If pediatricians lived lives in which the manipulation of emotions were the tools of the trade, I probably would have written about them.
Crude continues to extend gains as early reports from Beijing regarding trade negotiations are fueling optimism around successful trade talks between the U.S. and China, after a dreadful December for risk markets, crude oil continues to catch a positive vibe.
The markets are pricing in a 25-basis-point rate cut in July, when you see the narrative that the market is painting, that it is all down to the negative implications from the trade war and the reduction of global trade.
We see Brent staying under pressure until first quarter of next year, close to $44 in 2016 Q1 and then rising steadily to $54 in 2016 Q4, we expect WTI to trade at a discount of $4 - $5 to Brent in 2015.
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Translations for trade
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- ambag, handel, ruilAfrikaans
- تجارةArabic
- obchodCzech
- byttehandel, handelDanish
- Kommerz, Tausch, Handel, Handwerk, Passat, Geschäft, Facharbeiter, PassatwindGerman
- εμπόριοGreek
- interŝanĝiEsperanto
- gremio, comercio, comerciarSpanish
- تجارتPersian
- pasaati, pasaatituuli, kauppa, vaihtokauppa, ammatti, ammattilainen, ammattilehti, poka, kaupankäynti, ammattikunta, ammattitaitoFinnish
- commerce, métier, échangerFrench
- trádáilIrish
- cochionneeaghtManx
- סחר, מסחרHebrew
- तिजारत, व्यापारHindi
- kereskedelemHungarian
- առևտուր, արհեստArmenian
- iðn, viðskipti, verslun, skipti, kaup, skiptaIcelandic
- commercio, mestiereItalian
- סַחַרHebrew
- 交易, 商売, 貿易風, 貿易, トレードJapanese
- ყიდის, გადაცვლისGeorgian
- 거래, 교환, 기술, 교역, 교환하다, 바꾸다, 무역Korean
- kaulēšanās, tirgošanāsLatvian
- mahi-ā-reheMāori
- тргување, занает, трговија, струкаMacedonian
- handel, gildeDutch
- håndverk, fag, handelNorwegian
- naʼiiniʼNavajo, Navaho
- transakcja, profesja, handel, zawód, fachPolish
- negócio, ofício, freguesia, comércio, troca, trocarPortuguese
- meserieRomanian
- обме́н, торго́вля, комме́рция, ремесло́, профе́ссия, пасса́т, сделкаRussian
- обход, trgovina, izmena, занат, размена, измена, трговина, razmena, obhod, zanatSerbo-Croatian
- handel, yrkesman, yrke, hantverk, fackmanSwedish
- வர்த்தகTamil
- వర్తకము, వాణిజ్యముTelugu
- พาณิชย์, ธุรกิจ, การค้าThai
- تجارتUrdu
- buôn bán, thương mại, thương nghiệpVietnamese
- 贸易Chinese
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