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US
/ˈtɹeɪd/
]
[ UK /tɹˈeɪd/ ]
[ UK /tɹˈeɪd/ ]
NOUN
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the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade
Venice was an important center of trade with the East -
an equal exchange
we had no money so we had to live by barter -
the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
even before noon there was a considerable patronage -
steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
they rode the trade winds going west -
a particular instance of buying or selling
he's a master of the business deal
it was a package deal
I had no further trade with him -
people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
as they say in the trade
he represented the craft of brewers -
the skilled practice of a practical occupation
he learned his trade as an apprentice
VERB
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turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
trade in an old car for a new one -
be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
The stock traded around $20 a share -
engage in the trade of
he is merchandising telephone sets -
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
The brothers sell shoes
She deals in gold - exchange or give (something) in exchange for
How To Use trade In A Sentence
- Moreover, she is being asked to do this while remaining scrupulously impartial and keeping the viewer entertained with talk of trade deals, tariffs and employment figures. Times, Sunday Times
- On the ranges of Fort Devens, the troops were put through their paces on US weapons, from the stock-in-trade M16 assault rifle to the frighteningly-effective M249 SAW light machine gun.
- The church was dedicated to St Anthony of Egypt, patron saint of swineherds and of charcoal burners, a trade carried out on the fell for many years in the past.
- There are some trademark pieces - elegant-legged tables and high-quality marquetry - mixed in with contemporary designer furniture, antique shop finds and some very in-your-face art.
- With check-in times now prolonged because of security issues, traders are lapping up even more business as they tempt us with their trinkets and gewgaws.
- Europe was last united in neolithic times, before the inseparable meshwork of land, people, community and trade separated into hierarchy, nations and cities.
- Instinctively they turned their back on the farce staged by the trade unions.
- The biggest qualm I have with fair trade is its basic ignorance of comparative advantage.
- From the early 1620s, coastal Indians supplied wampum (sacred shell beads, polished and strung in strands, belts, or sashes) to Dutch traders who exchanged it with inland natives for beaver pelts.
- We spent them and traded them and frittered them away on drink and food and pleasurable company.