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traden.adv. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymons: Dutch trade; Middle Low German trade. Etymology: < (i) Middle Dutch trade path, course, manner of acting (Dutch trade , tra track, path, also regional (Flanders) ‘way of life’, and formerly ‘course, direction’), and its cognate (ii) Middle Low German trade track, (trampled) path (Old Saxon trada step); these words are further cognate with Old High German trata act of trampling, track, path (Middle High German trate step, track, path), reflecting a noun formation (with ablaut variation) < the Germanic base of tread v. Compare (probably < Middle Low German) Swedish regional trad (trampled) path. Compare earlier tread n. and trod n.In early use semantically parallel to several senses of tread n., trade later showed a divergent sense development from ‘way of living’ (see sense A. 3; compare tread n. 3b) via ‘profession’ (see sense A. 6; compare especially trade of merchandise at sense A. 6a) to the specific commercial uses of branch A. III. Forms such as Middle English tradde , Older Scots trad appear to show failure of lengthening in open syllables. Scots β. forms with apparent short vowel (tred, tredd), which are first recorded in the 16th cent. (i.e. after the operation of Aitken's Law), reflect a shortening of trade at the time when /aː/ had been raised to /ɛː/ in the Great Vowel Shift (compare A. J. Aitken & C. Macafee Older Scots Vowels (2002) §21.2.2). Likewise, the Older Scots forms in ea (as tread, treade, etc.) probably show a reverse spelling of the raised vowel (rather than representing tread n., which, as noted above, does not share the same sense development; compare discussion at that entry). Of different origin are the English regional β. forms which show later developments (diphthongization and raising) of /eː/. (The Scots β. forms (and associated quots.) were treated by N.E.D. (1914) at tread n.) Trade is sometimes used to translate Spanish trato (late 15th cent., also as trato de mercadería ) and Portuguese trato (1554 in the source translated in quot. 1582 at sense A. 11: see tract n.1 and compare treaty n.); the form trat may show more direct influence from these languages. Use in names. Earlier currency may be implied by the name of an area in the sea off Brittany, perhaps a roadstead: Le Trade (1327 in an Anglo-Norman context), La Trade de Seynt Matheu (a1346 in a Latin context). A. n. I. A path, course, way of life, and related senses. †1. society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > track of footprints a1450 (?c1400) (Royal) (1886) l. 570 (MED) He [a1500 Adv. foloud] ever the tradde. c1475 (?c1300) (Caius) 4731 Than loked he aboute vnder the wode shawe: The trade of horse [c1330 Auch. hors traces] he there sighe. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 136 For thair sloith hund the graith gait till him ȝeid. Off othir trade [1570 tred] scho tuk as than no heid. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil viii. iv. 67 And, that thar tred suld na way be persaue, Onto his cave ay bakwartis by the talis To turn thair futsteppis he thaim harlis and tralis. 1537 in (1836) V. 97 Diverse of his tenauntes pursewed the trade with a slott hownd. 1590 E. Spenser ii. vi. 39 As Shepheardes curre, that..Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 21 The dog..seases not afor he find the trad of the fliaris. 1649 in D. M. Hunter (1991) 208 They followit the tred of the aittis from the perseweris stak to the defenderis hous. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rim > tread 1553 J. Withals f. 19v/2 The vtter parte of the whele, called the trade, orbis. 1695 in A. W. C. Hallen (1894) 184 To Ja[mes] Gourlay wright for ringing a hinder wheel to the coatch and a new trade to a forwheell. 1728 (1909) 308 A late method of fixing the iron bands to the trades of carts by square headed stob naills. 1786 13 (table) From frame to the trade of wheels, 2¾ [inches] each. 1860 J. Young 133 There's no a soun' spoke in yer wheels, the trades are a' agley. †2. society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] c1480 (a1400) St. Adrian 629 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) II. 290 Sir adryane..bad þame..to þe richt hand þe stere set, & dresse þame to hald þare trad in-to þe sey as þai first had. a1525 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Douce) l. 1725 in C. Horstmann (1882) II. 276 Dryvand thiddir..and hiddir, That þai mycht hald no certane traid. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Royal) vii. l. 3304 The Kyng..tuk the se hamewart the way, Thare trad haldand till Orknay. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil (1557) ii. sig. Ci A postern..there was, A common trade to passe through Priams house. 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara (rev. ed.) iv. x. f. 136 That common trade and hygh beaten way. 1602 E. Hayes in J. Brereton 15 The course vnto these countreys, is thorow the Ocean, altogether free from all restraint by forren princes to be made; whereunto other our accustomed trades are subiect. 1625 S. Purchas III. iii. ii. 463 By this time the Voyage of Saint Nicolas was knowne, and become a beaten trade. the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > (a) course of conduct or action 1536 T. Starkey Let. 24 July in (1878) i. p. xliii You juge me more to be traynyd in phylosophye than in the trade of scripture. 1545 R. Ascham i. f. 46v I trust that you..haue so..noted the nature of it, that you can teache me as it were by a trade or waye how to come to it. 1587 G. Turberville f. 71 It [sc. sin] makes him passe beyond the boundes of kynde, And swerue the trade where truth and vertues lay. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher v. i. 36 Cromwell..Stands in the gap and Trade of moe Preferments. View more context for this quotation a1658 O. Sedgwick (1661) ii. ii. 402 That sinful way in which formerly he lived and walked..shall never (henceforth) be his Path, his Trade, his Course. 3. the world > action or operation > behaviour > way of life > [noun] the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] > system or way of proceeding c1485 ( G. Hay (2005) 198 Jt war nocht lyke yat thai folowit the trade of oure lord, quhilk all his actioun was oure jnstructioun. c1547 Vox Populi iv, in J. Skelton (1843) II. 405 Then showld ye se the trade That marchantmen frist mayde, Whyche wysse men dyd marshall, For a welth vnyversall. 1548 f. ij Kyng Richarde..was nowe brought to that trade of liuyng that [etc.]. 1571 (1867) I. 410 Surety to leave their wicked thrade of life, and to fall to other occupation. 1579 III. 146 Following the bludie treade quhilk they and thair foirbearis of the same name had used of befoir. 1633 Bp. J. Hall ii. 176 In respect of the trade, and course of their life. 1653 G. Firmin 51 A person whose course and Trade of Life is to live in sin. 1721 J. Strype I. lii. 393 Commonly this was the trade: the better benefice, and the cure the more, the seldomer was the Parson or Vicar resident at home. a1825 R. Forby (1830) (at cited word) If this is to be the trade. the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > a habit or practice ?1543 M. Coverdale f. 14 Thy suttel trade of falshed and hypocrisie. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lix. 5 in (1998) II. 63 Saue me from those, Who make a trade of cursed wrong. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 151 Thy sinn's not accidentall, but a Trade . View more context for this quotation 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus vi. 134 Shee had long since forgot the Trade of running away. a1716 O. Blackall (1723) I. xxi. 194 I do no[t] make a trade and custom of it. 1755 No. 33. 4 But it now growing a trade in the family to send for aqua mirabilis, the master..forbad his servants to fetch any. 1828 D. M. Moir Preliminaries p. v All notable characters..have made a trade of committing to paper all the surprising occurrences and remarkable events that chanced to happen to them. 1913 at Trade sb. Mod. dial. He made a trade of going to their house. the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient 1550 T. Lever sig. E.vi He that..vseth the trades of a false thefe, & a cruell murtherer, can neuer be a faythful offycer in dede. 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius 17 The water Spaniell..hauing long, rough, and curled heare, not obtayned by extraordinary trades, but giuen by natures appointment. the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] 1552 R. Record (rev. ed.) Pref. to Edw. VI sig. A.iiijv Apte instrumentes,..yf a man coulde applye theym to vse, and by teachyng of rules, frame them to better trade. 1552 R. Record (rev. ed.) ii. sig. Y.iii To acquaynt your mynde the better with the new trade of this rule. 1612 W. Symonds Proc. Eng. Colonie Virginia vii. 42 in J. Smith The boates trimmed for trade which in their Iourney encountred the second supply. society > travel > [noun] > travelling to and fro > of people or vehicles 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. iii. 155 Ile be buried in the Kings hie way, Some way of common trade, where subiects feete May hourely trample on their soueraignes head. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas i. v. 149 Some [fish] from the Sea..So both the Waters with free Trade frequenting. 1624 J. Donne vii. 163 In Iacobs ladder, they which ascended and descended, & maintain'd the trade between Heauen and Earth. 1868 J. C. Atkinson 540 A vast o' rabbits here, by the trade they make. II. An occupation or profession, and related senses. 6. society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > trade or industry 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart II. ccxxi. f. cclxxxiii/1 Syr, the marchauntes of Gennes and of other isles..occupyeth the trade of marchaundyse [Fr. le fait de marchandise] in Quayre in Alexandre, in Dammas, in Danuet, in Turkey, [etc.]. 1543 Salomon sig. B.ij Marchauntes and all other artyficers, shall haue more prosperous and better lucke in their trades & busines then thei had before. 1569 T. Newton tr. Cicero f. 39v The trade of Husbandrye is..pleasaunt and plentiful. 1596 (1816) IV. 100/1 The following of ane lauchfull tred. 1601 c. 2 §1 For settinge to worke all such persons..[who] use no ordinarie or dailie trade of lief to get their livinge by. 1638 F. Junius 100 His father consulting with his kinsfolkes about the trade he should put his sonne to, thought it best to make him a statuarie. 1656 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney (1907) II. 91 [If the boy were] to be fitted for a merchant or other trade. 1711 J. Addison No. 55. ¶1 Most of the Trades, Professions, and Ways of Living among Mankind. a1774 A. Tucker (1777) III. iv. 74 Exercising the trade of a butcher, or an alehouse keeper. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in 2nd Ser. II. 187 Old Dorothy Glover, as she was called, (for she also took name from the trade she practised..). 1856 J. A. Froude I. i. 43 No person was allowed to open a trade..unless he had first served his apprenticeship. 1900 B. T. Washington Up from Slavery viii, in 6 Oct. 979/1 Mr. Adams..had learned the trades of shoemaking, harnessmaking, and tinsmithing during the days of slavery. 1945 Mar. 186/2 Welding has become not so much a trade or an art as a science. 2010 J. B. Kelly vi. 77 I would have done better had I left school at age fifteen, and taken up a trade of some kind. the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] 1591 R. Greene sig. F2 The Black Arte is picking of Lockes, and to this busie trade two persons are required. 1649 R. Baxter (new ed.) iii. xiv. §ix. 513 Let men see that you use not the Ministery only for a trade to live by. 1693 J. Dryden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal xiv. 285 A Captain is a very gainful Trade. 1705 C. Cibber Prol. A Paying Nation hates the Fighting Trade. 1771 H. Mackenzie xiv. 34 I was forced to beg my bread; and a sorry trade I found it. 1823 W. Scott I. ii. 41 Are you at the painting trade yet? 1878 R. Simpson I. 32 Her first venture in the trade which subsequently proved so profitable to her, that of buccaneering. 1905 32 525 The school teaching trade is almost as bad upon the mental nature as the preaching trade is upon the moral nature. 1950 E. Hemingway iv. 26 What has that to do with soldiering as a trade? 2007 D. Gilman (2008) i. 2 Now he offered a more personal service in his lucrative trade of murder. c. slang. With the. In various spec. senses. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] 1592 R. Greene sig. C4v Why Lawrence the Gally would bee moord and the blewe Boore so leane, that he would not be mans meate, if we of the Trade were not to supply his wants. 1616 T. Gainsford f. 166 She sees that of a yong whore she may turne an old bawd, and so still liue by the trade. 1680 Earl of Rochester et al. 122 He Heav'n, one large Seraglio, made, Each Goddess, turn'd a glorious Punk 'oth Trade, And all that sacred place, Was fill'd with Bastard Gods, of his own Race! 1749 J. Cleland II. 6 She observ'd, as I was a kind of new face upon the town, that it was an establish'd rule, and mystery of trade, for me to pass for a maid. a1769 G. Robertson (1948) 180 A new sort of trade took up the most of their attention this day, but it might be more properly called the old trade. 1897 Dec. 308 A girl practising the trade in this quiet way may more readily spread disease, as she is sure to be less cautious. 1962 K. A. Porter 33 Two inordinately dressed-up young Cuban women, frankly ladies of trade, had been playing cards together in the bar for an hour before the ship sailed. 1993 (Nexis) 23 Dec. b1 The girl suffered a ‘tragic experience’, prior to engaging the three younger girls in the trade. society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > [noun] > the British navy > submarine service 1916 R. Kipling in 21 June 6/1 No one knows how the title of ‘The Trade’ came to be applied to the Submarine Service. ?1916 R. Kipling Trade in I. Pref. p. viii Even the ‘Maidstone Magazine’ For whom my ribald rhymes are made, Strikes out far more than it sticks in. That is the custom of ‘The Trade’. 1942 G. Hackforth-Jones xviii. 169 I remember in 1919 listening to and looking at the young submarine captains, most of whom had served their four years of war in the ‘Trade’. 1982 A. Melville-Ross xv. 161 It had been tacitly established in ‘The Trade’ that you did not mourn friends. 2012 (Nexis) 24 Sept. 29 Needing the extra six shillings a day for serving in submarines, King volunteered for ‘the Trade’ in 1931. society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police 1966 ‘A. Hall’ xviii. 170 ‘How long,’ I asked her, ‘have you been in the trade?’.. ‘Three years, on active ops.’ 1977 4 In the trade, people talk of the ‘intelligence cycle’. 1989 ‘J. Le Carré’ xii. 229 Barley..got his name and address out of him, against every known canon of the trade. society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in liquor > collectively society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > guild society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > one following specific occupation > those engaged in specific occupation collectively 1636 Petition in (P.R.O.: SP 16/323) f. 41 Whereby the said Company may bee ruled and governed by the expirenced Men of the Trade. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ix, in tr. Virgil 42 A Member of the tuneful trade. 1743 12 79 To..purchase such Spirits as are rectified before he compounds them, and likewise, to use no Feints but what shall be re-drawn to the Proof Strength, as is customarily known among the Trade. 1790 25 Feb. 1/2 The Retailers of Sugar of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts adjacent, are requested to attend a Meeting of the Trade..to take into consideration the present Advance Price of Sugar. 1793 J. Boswell 23/1 As Physicians are called the Faculty,..the Booksellers of London are denominated the Trade. 1837 F. Palgrave Ded. 1 The reluctance with which the ‘trade’ engage in any work purporting to consist of ancient documents. 1868 F. H. Joynson 63 Many thousands of tons of ‘Bessemer metal’—for the ‘trade’ are not quite sure whether it is iron or steel. 1885 19 Aug. 1101/2 Interesting to Cyclists and the Trade. 1903 7 Mar. 2/2 The House of Commons read a second time yesterday two Bills connected with ‘the trade’. The first..was to bring home to the innkeeper his statutory liability to provide food as well as drink. 1970 A. Kent et al. IV. 61 The trade argued that entry of each and every title was not obligatory. 2000 Apr. 41/1 Some weeks previously we had..circulated a wants list to the trade which included the privately printed title Two in a Tub. 1612 in D. Masson (1889) 1st Ser. IX. 742 Out the quholl nummer of the merchands..we sould mak choise of certain persones, thrie for ilk traid, to be directit..to be at Edinburgh. 1699 in A. M. Munro (1899) I. 332 Thomas Moir compeired and gave in his sey appoynted to him be the trade being a copper tankard. 1739 Jan. 40/1 The Deacon-conveener of the Trades of Edinburgh. 1781 in J. Wilson (1850) 386 There presently are, and shall henceforth continue seven Incorporations within the said burgh, viz.:—Weavers, Tailors, Hammermen, Skinners, Fleshers, Shoemakers, and Baxters, each of which incorporations shall..elect two quartermasters for each trade, to continue in office for one year. 1808 J. Mayne (new ed.) i. 9 Ae Simmer's morning, wi' the sun, The Sev'n Trades there, Forgather'd. 1860 C. Innes 37 Do the Bailies and the ‘Trades’ fill the eye as well in their fine new Church as when dear William Hay sang of their glories in that ghostly old fabric? 1925 W. E. Whyte ii. 74 The rights of any craft, trade, convenor of trades..or trades house..are reserved to them without interference or control on the part of the Town Council. 2013 (Nexis) 10 Sept. 5 The Blue Blanket..was solemnly brought in to the service by Ian Robertson of the Convenery of the Trades of Edinburgh. society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > other periodicals 1949 26 Nov. 15/2 It'll take more than one simple announcement..to pre-sell six months of product through the trades. 1960 G. Marx Let. 21 Mar. in G. Marx et al. (1967) 270 I assume the trades are shoved under your door each morning. 1999 10 Nov. 4/1 I'm reading the trades and really caring about the industry. 2012 16 July 2/1 Prompting a trade like Variety to go ahead and publish its review. III. Commercial activity, and extended senses. 9. society > trade and finance > [noun] 1549 W. Thomas 103 He..toke from the Padoanes the trade of salte. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria f. 240v The trade of spices which was so commodious and profitable to hym. 1604 21 May 3 f. 251v The masse of the whole trade of the realme is in the hands of some 200 persons. a1687 W. Petty (1691) 34 Ann. 1664..was the best year of Trade that hath been these many years in Ireland. 1697 J. Pollexfen 91 The Trade to Swedeland and Denmark having of late Years carried from us great Sums of Money Annually. 1718 Let. 22 May in (?1719) (single sheet) The Company was resolved to carry on the Trade by general Ships. 1776 A. Smith I. ii. ii. 357 The trade of Scotland has more than quadrupled since the first erection of the two publick banks at Edinburgh. View more context for this quotation 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in 2nd Ser. I. 56 Contraband trade..is not usually looked upon, either by the vulgar or by their betters, in a very heinous point of view. 1889 19 Sept. 492/2 The struggle for the Eastern trade. 1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara ii. in 214 When trade is bad..and the employers az to sack arf their men, they generally start on me. 1974 11 Feb. 60/1 Western efforts to open up trade with China in the early to mid-19th century were largely unscrupulous. 2013 (Nexis) 17 May 38 A quarter of the country's trade is with Germany. society > trade and finance > [noun] > trading journey society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > expedition > for trade 1569 G. Campion Let. 14 Feb. in R. Hakluyt (1599) II. i. 114 A safe conduct from the great Turke, for a trade to Chio. 1725 D. Defoe ii. 205 This New Scheme of a Trade round the World. 1793 B. Edwards II. iv. ii. 44 King James I granted an exclusive charter to Sir Robert Rich, and some other merchants of London, for raising a joint stock for a trade to Guiney. society > trade and finance > [noun] > trade in a type of commodity 1622 E. Misselden 130 The Sur-charging of the Cloth Trade. 1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. ii. xxii. 153 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Fearing that the cheats and adulterations of Musk would spoil the Musk-Trade. 1769 (ed. 7) III. 268 The most..important Branch of the Manchester Manufactures is the Cotton Trade. 1812 5 Oct. 634/1 The Corn and Mealing Trade has lately got into the hands of Speculatists. 1884 12 Nov. 5/3 It was proclaimed..that the stuff trade had gone to the dogs altogether. 1906 22 Nov. 5/2 The slander case between members of two firms engaged in different branches of the green fruit trade. 1976 R. Sabbag xiii. 213 The dark, adult realities of the cocaine trade. 2007 V. Smith ii. 49 The ornamental cut-flower trade was one of many specialized luxury trades. 10. figurative and in extended use. society > society and the community > social relations > [noun] 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus ii. ix. 202 As he iudgeth theim..by his eye..without further trade or feloweshippe betwixte theim. 1567 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick (1876) I. 79 Inglismen indwellaris of the townis of Newcastell and Berwick..having dalie and continewall tred with the inhabitantis of the borderis. 1604 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 321 Haue you any further trade with vs? View more context for this quotation a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iv. iii. 137 in P. Massinger (1655) Long was my travel, long my trade to win her. a1708 W. Beveridge (1710) I. 183 Free Trade and Commerce for Grace and Goodness for Heaven and Happiness. 1867 M. Harman 121 We've had some trade together, John, And I have cause to rue. the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [noun] > distressing commotion the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss 1854 A. E. Baker II. 354 They make such a trade wi' me when I goo to see 'em. 1899 3 June 12/3 They'll ha'e plenty o' trade on afore they mak' t' business pay. 1914 at Tread Mod. Sc. What a tred aboot getting them off! 1923 E. Gepp (ed. 2) 117 Trade, a fuss. To ‘make (or drive) a trade’ is to make a to-do. society > trade and finance > trading place > [noun] 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda xxx. f. 73v Of the meeting of the King of Quiloa and the Captaine generall, at which time there was set downe a Trade and Factorie. 1618 in W. Foster (1906) I. 27 Surratt will never be a trade unles the Red Sea both supply yt and awe the Guzeratts. 1693 P. Gordon App. 201 (table) A Trade or Factories at Benin in the East part of Guinea. 1782 R. Orme (1783) Notes p. xii In the month of June 1671, Flacour, the French agent, went from hence to settle a trade at Seringapatam, the capital of Mysore. 12. society > trade and finance > [noun] > an act of trading 1697 ‘Philaret’ 59 The Dutch..when they have a great Harvest of 'em [sc. spices] in the Eastern Countreys, make a huge Bonfire of a great part of 'em, which..gets 'em a better Trade for the Remainder. 1772 D. Taitt Let. in N. D. Mereness (1916) 533 He would not give them such a good Trade as the people of the puckantallahassie did. 1802 J. Blair Let. 2 Feb. in (1924) I. 250 I Could not make that trade with James Smith. 1867 J. R. Lowell Fitz Adam's Story in Jan. 24 Yet in a bargain he was all men's foe, Would yield no inch of vantage in a trade. 1888 J. Bryce II. lxiii. 458 This is a Deal, or Trade, a treaty which terminates hostilities for the time. 1934 J. O'Hara iv. 113 He would give her only a hundred and fifty in a trade involving the Studebaker. 1981 M. C. Smith 160 Arkady handed over the envelope..; the first trade was completed. 2012 (Nexis) 24 Jan. 6 There are massive opportunities out there if the trades are executed in the right way. society > leisure > sport > scouting or selecting > [noun] > exchange of players 1887 29 July Pittsburgh would give $5,000 for the famous Johnny or make a trade. 1913 May 133/1 My first big trade was a success. 1968 10 July 27/5 Riders made another trade, sending Larry De Graw and Bill Cline to Regina Roughriders for Tom Beynon. 2010 B. Nowlin & M. Silverman 291 He was a key component of a trade with the Phillies for Heathcliff Slocumb. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > [noun] > number of sailing together 1703 J. Burchett 38 The other two Ships..were to convoy the Trade bound to Scanderoon. 1747 Nov. 519/1 The signal for the trade to make the best of their way. 1803 Ld. Nelson Let. 2 Sept. in (1845) V. 194 On my arrival at Malta I ordered the Cyclops to proceed with the Trade from thence bound into the Adriatic. 1902 7 June 269/3 The ‘Jupiter’, 50, and ‘Medea’, 28, to cruise on the coast of Spain and Portugal till October 20, and return with the trade. 2008 J. D. Davies 244 The Hampshire was ordered to convoy the trade to Nantes, La Rochelle and Bordeaux. 1865 P. H. Fitzgerald I. i. i. 5 A sister who had married into trade before the ‘solid silver’ épergnes had been bought. 1884 9 Feb. 281/2 I should be sorry to see a child of mine marry into trade. 1917 E. McNulty i. 7 Mother and father were both against my marrying into trade. 1989 13 Jan. 32/3 He's trade, she's the snobby dentist's wife. 2004 N. Schofield in M. Bracken 15 She's got a shop, so she's Trade. They don't invite Trade. IV. Things or people regarded as the object of trade. society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > goods for bartering > with undeveloped peoples 1596 L. Keymis sig. C3v Ten Spaniardes were lately gone with much trade to Barima, wher these Indians dwelt, to buy Cassaua bread. a1650 W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plantation in (1856) 4th Ser. III. 127 This ship had store of English-beads (which were then good trade). 1664 W. Hilton et al. 3 We shewed him store of all Trade, as Beads, Hoes, Hatchets and Bills, &c. and said, he should have all those things if he would bring the English on board us. 1768 Acct. Labrador in App. 143 Some Eskemaux came aboard, and told the Dane Captain there were some trading Boats come from the Northward, with Plenty of Trade. 1789 W. Beresford xxx. 159 Two canoes came along-side us,..but brought nothing; however, they promised to come next day, with plenty of trade. 1847 J. Palmer 127 The value of fourteen dollars in trade would buy an ordinary horse. 1884 22 Aug. 9/1 One of these boats has on board the ‘trade’, as we call the goods by which purchases are effected. 1917 Feb. 141/2 The price may range from twenty dollars in trade to a season's catch of salmon. 16. society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] 1645 T. Wilson (title) The childes trade or; the beginning of the doctrine of Christ: whereby babes may have milk, children bread broken. 1694 58 Green Pease-leaves and such trade. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil 112 His House, and household Gods! his trade of War, His Bow and Quiver; and his trusty Cur. View more context for this quotation 1707 J. Mortimer (1721) II. 177 They are sown at two Seasons of the Year; in the Spring with other like Kitchen Trade. 1825 J. Neal I. i. 12 Grammar, jography, cypherin, pronounshiation, surveyin, hard words, and all that 'ere sort o' trade. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Trade,..a Derbyshire mining term for refuse or rubbish from a mine. 1875 W. D. Parish Trade, anything to carry; such as a bag, a dinner-basket, tools or shop-goods. 1993 K. C. Phillipps 55 Trade, stuff, as in cakey-trade cakestuff. ‘There was all sorts of old trade sold in the auction.’ 1777–8 R. Wight (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 438 [Devon] I took some Trade, wch I had of the Doctor for my Disorder. 1829 D. Stedman 28 Aug. (2003) 66 Doctor Tiler Gave me Some trade to put in Gin for to take for the pain in my hip. 1870 S. A. Southworth xii. 116 My eyes pain me... The doctor left me some trade for um, but they ain't a mite better. 1901 J. H. Harris xi. 171 The doctor gave 'm some trade to take away the colic pains. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > male prostitute 1919 J. M. Feiselman Jrnl. 28 Mar. in (U.S. National Arch., Rec. Group 125) VII. 2244 He was looking for trade but it was rather slim pickings in the YMCA. 1927 A. J. Rosanoff et al. (ed. 6) ii. vii. 204 Trade, an active homosexual preferring irrumation. 1941 G. Legman in G. W. Henry II. 1177 Trade, generic for male prostitutes to homosexuals, or for heterosexuals to whom homosexuals prostitute themselves. 1968 13 Jan. 7/4 If a hustler is not himself homosexual, or maintains the belief that he is not, he is called ‘trade’. 1975 24 July 3/6 Many of the boys became male prostitutes... They became known as ‘rent boys’ and were also referred to as ‘trade’. 2012 (Nexis) 22 July 37 He was once mistaken for a gay man cruising for trade in a toilet. society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > enemy 1942 ‘B. J. Ellan’ ix. 45 We took off and circled the aerodrome,..then Woody's voice came through—‘climb to 15,000 feet. There might be some “trade” for you on your way back.’ 1985 IV. xii. 473/2 The Phantom crews never see a Soviet military aircraft. ‘Trade’ is invariably a Western aeroplane which is lost. 1989 R. Jolly 301 Hello Silver Leader—we have trade for you at ninety miles to the north—four hostiles on the deck at six hundred knots—incoming. 2005 A. Thomas vi. 82 In Burma, the Beaufighter remained the primary nightfighter type until the summer of 1945, although there was little in the way of ‘trade’. V. Other senses. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > wind blowing in constant direction 1699 W. Dampier iii. i. 5 In December and January the true Trade blows within 3 d. or 4 d. of the Equator. 1735 J. Atkins 204 The Trade blowing very fresh, and bringing in a great Swell. a1769 G. Robertson (1948) 109 We found it imposable [sic] to get to the Westward on the Borders of the Trades. 1853 J. F. W. Herschel (1873) iv. §19. 157 The great and permanent system of winds known as the ‘trades’ and ‘anti-trades’. 1899 ‘Martello Tower’ 88 The trade slackened and became fitful. 1938 Aug. 11/2 The Faraway, like a spider on a lake, nosed her way into the south-east trades. 2013 P. Woodhouse 342/1 If the equatorial trough is in the Southern Hemisphere, the north-east trades turn north-west. †B. adv.the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow from a particular quarter > flow from constant direction society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > continuously 1600 J. Jane in R. Hakluyt (new ed.) III. 849 When we were shot in betweene the high lands [i.e. in the Straits of Magellan], the wind blowing trade, without any inch of sayle, we spooned before the sea. 1622 R. Hawkins xv. 34 The selfe same currant is in the Levant Sea, but runneth trade betwixt the Maynes, and changeable sometimes to the East-wards, sometimes to the West-wards. 1694 84 Neither do I find the Winds to blow Trade; but they are veerable. 1719 D. Defoe 264 The Winds..seem'd to be more steadily against us, blowing almost Trade, as we call it, from the East, and E.N.E. [in the China Sea]. 1723 D. Defoe (ed. 2) 378 We..kept our Course W. by S..., running away, Trade, as they call it, into the Great Gulph of Mexico. 1795 J. Malham I. 19/2 The southerly and westerly winds blow trade for the greatest part of the year. 1920 W. J. Humphreys i. ix. 170 They [sc. the trade winds] blow ‘trade’; that is, in a fixed or nearly fixed direction. Phrases P1. With a preposition. ?1577 F. T. sig. Ciiiv The other was by trade a Vintener. 1589 W. Warner (new ed.) vi. xxx. 134 My husband, though by trade a Smith, for birth out-brau'd of none. 1652 No. 30 234 Am not I..by trade a Perfumer of Gloves. 1696 A. Telfair 1 Andrew Mackie, who is a Mason [note Stonecutter] by Trade, devoted his first Child to the Devil, at his taking of the Mason-Word. 1711 J. Addison No. 47. ¶7 A Neighbour of mine, who is a Haberdasher by Trade. 1737 Mar. 189/1 Mr. Will. Potter, of Gainsborough,..By Trade a Butcher. 1838 19 July I am an iron puddler by trade. 1883 Oct. 708/2 By trade he is a well-digger. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ i. 8 Brooker..was a miner by trade. 1977 J. Judd 253 A native of Albany and a shoemaker by trade. 2007 3 Dec. 94/2 He is..principally a journalist and television host by trade. society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [adverb] 1708 25 Oct. All the Burghers and other Inhabitants of the said City..whether they have been in Trade or other Employments whatsoever. 1750 Jan. 6 Both the Gentry, and Persons in Trade, Where Oeconomy rules, are all fond of my Aid. 1816 J. Austen II. vii. 118 On the other hand, they were of low origin, in trade, and only moderately genteel. View more context for this quotation a1869 L. W. D. Gordon (1932) v. 60 I could never be presented at Court, because I was in ‘trade’. 1953 M. Sharp xii. 125 His father was in trade, and Frederick snubbed him. 1974 ‘W. Haggard’ x. 98 When he'd made a great fortune Duncan Gregg had gone up the ladder a little. But not very much, he was still in trade. 1998 R. Sobel iii. 66 Crane, a man from the provinces who was in trade, and thus not a true gentleman. 1719 107 His Father was but a Baxter to his Trade, and of small Means. 1775 J. Howie 439 Andrew Renwick (a weaver to trade). 1826 Mar. 49 Duncan M'Donald, a blacksmith to trade, while engaged in a drunken frolic, enlisted for a soldier. 1893 R. L. Stevenson xv. 167 Tod was a wabster to his trade. 1905 W. Skene xi. 99/2 One of the boats was owned and skippered by Jack Gall, a plumber to trade. 2014 (Nexis) 19 Oct. I come from a working class family. My father was an electrician to trade. P2. With a verb. 1645 J. Howell ii. xv. 32 In Holland the wif's are so well vers'd in bargaining,..that in the absence of their Husbands in long Sea voyages they beat the trade at home. a1647 F. Gorges Briefe Narr. Advancem. Plantations into Amer. vii. 9 in (1658) The Bashabas..sent his own Son to visit him, and to beat a trade with him for furrs. 1664 J. Howell 9 We shold not have bin able to have beaten any considerable Trade into the Inland Countries unless we had forcd it. 1613 N. Breton 7 If that thou be a Marchant know thy trade. 1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel x. 263 The making of Elegies is the taking of a far flight, which is proper only for such birds as know their trade. 1718 C. Molloy iii. 54 I believe he has not been a Thief long, for he scarce knows his Trade yet. 1778 G. Steevens Note on Hamlet ii. ii, in S. Johnson & G. Steevens (rev. ed.) X. 420 The player knew his trade, and spoke the lines in an affecting manner. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xii, in 2nd Ser. I. 312 The gouge knows her trade. 1887 7 Jan. 127/1 Earlier, unknown, and less accomplished draughtsmen, who knew their trade. 1942 L. D. Rich iii. 73 It's an implication that he doesn't know his trade. 1992 T. Enright tr. S. O'Crohan (1993) 134 These were no two old codgers, but men who knew their trade. 2012 G. H. Davis II. 171 What an interesting conversation I had with Chef Wiggins as she described what I was eating. There was no question she knows her trade. P3. Other phrases. 1805 15 That stuff known in the trade as wrappers of packages. 1851 H. Mayhew II. 43/1 Top boots (they're called ‘Jockeys’ in the trade). 1921 Mar. 177/1 It is known in the trade as ‘Kings Liqueur Whisky’. 1978 29 Mar. c17/2 There were four flights of wines, as they say in the trade. 2011 P. Bailey (2012) 152 I was prone to partake of what are known in the trade as ‘liquid lunches’. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. In sense A. 6. 1681 F. Philipps 26 The London Mealman..in the course of his Trade tricks, notwithstanding mingleth Chalk, Bean and Rye Flower amongst that which he sels to his deluded Customers for pure Wheaten. ?1796 ii. x. 73 Observe in closing one of those kind of Waistcoats, lay your measure between half way between the edge of the fore part and the buttons; for should you follow the Trade method of half and half, you will too much tighten and narrow it. 1853 G. A. Sala in 23 July 491/1 There are..slight points of trade skill and trade experience, which are closely kept Burton secrets. 1889 (Electronic ed.) 21 Mar. 365 Mr. Bartley..asked the Postmaster General when the scheme for the collection of trade charges on the delivery of parcels and registered letters will be carried out. 1891 E. Westermarck xvi. 372 [In India] there is an almost endless number of trade-castes. 1918 1 Dec. 676/1 Hundreds of other soldiers are being sent to them for this trade work. 1975 Oct. 64/1 (heading) Auto workers to receive trade benefits. 2013 (Nexis) 24 Oct. Much of the work is carried out..using traditional trade methods and materials which are no longer in daily use. society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > guild 1779 H. Arnot iv. ii. 511 None of the charters, incorporating any of the trades-companies of Edinburgh, bear an earlier date than 1475.] 1782 Sept. 169/1 At ten the trade companies began the procession from the Town Hall to the church. 1823 4 Nov. A number of men, assembled under the character of a Trade Association. 1829 G. Oliver App. n. 563 It should appear that there were, at the least, twenty trade guilds in Beverley. 1871 Feb. 353/2 The paternoster-makers and pearl-makers..formed in the last century one of the numerous trade corporations established in the good city of Paris. 1889 12 Nov. 3531/2 As to forming a trade company to deal solely with this matter, we consider that the better sense of brewers will sufficiently enlighten them. 1920 E. Benson iii. 16 Innholders, who formed a trade company. 1984 18 Feb. 22 The BBC, IBA and the ITV companies' trade association are all off to Dublin to discuss such an Anglo-Irish deal. 2003 D. M. Jackson & P. Fulberg xvii. 101 The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors..is a trade body and regulator of some centuries' standing. 2010 10 June 32/3 A trade association representing pesticide makers CropLife America wrote to Michelle Obama. 1854 9 June 496/2 In the industrial occupations he was most familiar with there were, happily, no trade diseases. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. VIII. 569 A patient suffering from a trade eczema. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. VIII. 914 Affections of the Skin produced by Occupations (Trade Eruptions). 1908 W. James (1911) xiii. 322 Priggishness is just like painter's colic or any other trade-disease. 1993 J. Meades (1994) 42 Chimneysweeps' trade disease is cancer of the scrotum. 1860 15 Aug. 423 (advt.) The following opinions of the Trade Press bear testimony to the value of this useful little work. 1876 J. Greenwood 198 That..advertisement inserted in the publicans' own trade newspaper by out-of-work barmen, ‘clever at cellar work’. 1910 H. G. Wells vii. 218 Every issue of every trade journal has its four or five columns of abridged bankruptcy proceedings. 1971 1 July 11/2 The trade papers try to introduce retailers to modern marketing. 1993 7 Nov. ii. 34/1 Jazz historiography is a mess: to find primary-source information, one has to shuffle through long-forgotten trade publications or have kept records with liner notes. 2007 May (Champagne Suppl.) 26/1 ‘Champagne goes downmarket’ ran the headlines in all the trade magazines. b. 1625 Keeling's Iournall 3rd Voy. to E. India in S. Purchas I. iii. vi. 193 Chaul, Dabul, and Danda rageepuree, are..rich trade townes, vpon the coast of India. 1693 W. Freke 241 Is your War with a Trade-State? pen them but in, and stop their Course. 1713 J. Dunton 52 The Revival of the Trade-Bill. 1757 J. Dyer ii. 61 The trade-ship left his streams; the merchant shunn'd His desart borders. 1831 18 June 301/2 It appears so unreasonable to have a species of trade-competition kept up in the form of administering justice. 1851 15 Feb. 148/1 He quoted shipping and trade figures to show that the commerce of 1849 left a tremendous balance of trade against this country. 1858 Oct. 502/1 If Vancouver's Island goes, adieu to our trade supremacy. 1872 J. Yeats iii. x. 301 A trade site established twenty-one years earlier. 1889 P. N. Hasluck 10 Purchased..from the usual trade supplies. 1902 July 243 The bitter trade-rivalry with France. 1914 A. S. Crapsey App. 372 Every period of trade-depression leaves in its wake a host of men who by enforced idleness have become idlers. 1925 July 59 Nothing in the nature of a ‘trade boom’ could be discovered. 1942 K. A. Porter 5 Feb. (1990) iv. 222 The actual present state of trade relations between all countries should be examined and made public. 1975 J. Morgan in R. Crossman I. 40 The First Secretary and the Chancellor continued to grapple with the trade figures and to lament the unhappy state of the pound. 1995 (Sun Alliance) Winter 12/1 Using the difference between this final payment and the car's true trade value as the deposit. 2014 (Nexis) 9 Apr. $150,000 from the Netflix trade profits were wired to Zelen. (b) 1749 J. Henriques (single sheet) A mutual Trade Agreement between all the Maritime Powers in Europe, without paying Import or Export. 1876 8 July 133/1 The..regulation will cut off, so far as a trade agreement can do such a thing, this broad fluctuating margin for speculative manipulations. 1940 23 Mar. 514/2 Three agreements between the British and Spanish Governments, a Loan Agreement, a Payments Agreement and a Trade Agreement, were signed in Madrid. 2009 T. Footman ix. 139 Trade agreements with such countries quickly led to a major trade deficit in the dragon's favour. 1864 14 May 338/1 The representations of trade delegations. 1961 ‘J. le Carré’ ix. 93 If Blondie was a carrier, it is exceptional..that he should use a trade delegation as a staging post. 2007 O. Ness 73 She was to be an interpreter at a conference..for a Japanese trade delegation. 1874 18 Oct. (heading) Trade embargo... Freight tariffs..act as positive barriers to the establishment of commercial relations between Galveston and Kansas City. 1918 H. S. Houston i. 4 The other nations in the League would have instantly joined in applying economic pressure to Austria. This would have taken the form of a complete trade embargo. 2005 Dec. 50/2 From 1991 to 2003, when Iraqi Kurdistan offered a way around the U.N. trade embargo, a good smuggler-horse was worth as much as a car. 1825 7 May 329 Here is a Trade-Minister, to attempt to alarm us by saying, that this rise of price will ruin our manufactures! 1906 22 Mar. 684/1 The majority..are already in despair because Mr. Austen Chamberlain is not our Finance Minister, Mr. Arnold Foster our War Minister, Mr. Gerald Balfour our Trade Minister, and Mr. Arthur Balfour our Prime Minister. 2003 A. Cohen (2004) v. 114 Pepin, the former trade minister, once said, ‘Canadians don't export; we permit others to import from us.’ 1840 9 Apr. 2/3 An armament was merely equipped effectually to support the trade negotiations of this country. 1946 13 Nov. 14/1 No serious attempt at a major trade negotiation is likely soon between Moscow and Washington. 2010 D. Beland v. 145 A significant aspect of recent trade negotiations was the enforcement of labor standards and social rights. 1842 24 Sept. 445/1 This is restricted to trade partnerships. 1909 L. M. S. Amery iv. 54 It remains for this country to decide whether it will throw in its lot with that great Imperial trade-partnership which is already so much more than a mere aspiration. 2010 W. A. Kerr xii. 109 An alternative to multilateralism for developing trade partnerships. 1838 6 Feb. 2/5 The navigation laws were passed, and trade restrictions imposed. 1958 18 July 92/3 The twin threat of a renewed world currency crisis and a spiralling of trade restriction. 2012 G. Kabaservice xi. 358 A lowering of trade restrictions and tariffs. society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > goods for bartering society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > goods for bartering > with undeveloped peoples 1631 in N. Bouton (1867) I. 61 I take notice of your complaints for want of trade goods. 1773 J. Cook 7 Oct. (1969) II. 259 By rumageing our Pockets and Trade Bags..we made up some tolerable presents for him and his friends. 1789 J. Peacock ii. 22 Manufacturers of Trade Guns..have sent abroad many thousands of barrels with counterfeit proof-marks. 1807 J. Corry 56 Slops, spirits, tobacco, guns, swords, trade chests, cases. 1844 C. Wilkes III. ix. 285 William Leicester, who had the trade-box. 1864 R. F. Burton I. xi. 310 The stranger begins with the best in the cellar, and ends with trade gin and rum. 1914 Apr. 549/1 A bandage torn from a bolt of trade calico. 1981 22 451 Another open site..yielded..trade glass beads, a mixed assemblage of Mawudzu and Nkudzi wares, and hut-remains. 2001 J. Waterman i. 85 Sacha could have extended a form of spouse exchange.., in exchange for trade goods. 1649 J. Lilburne 38 The chiefest of that Law, Liberty and Trade-destroying Monopoly, are Commissioners of the Custome-House. 1731 i. 17 Subdude are all our vengeful Clangour, By that Trade-spoiler much famed B——r. 1842 3 Apr. 108/2 This Commons' House of landowners and trade taxers. 1861 H. Mayhew (new ed.) III. 223/2 These garret-masters are a class of small ‘trade-working masters’. 1985 27 263 Steep hills and distance from trade-laden waters confined Merina merchants to trading from afar. 1991 Oct. 38/1 The United States..argues that ‘trade-distorting’ subsidies should be prohibited. 2006 88 599/1 What are the trade-creating and trade-destroying factors that affect world trade? C3. society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > discount > [noun] > trade discount 1800 11 Jan. (advt.) Large Schools..may, on remitting the value, be supplied by the Publisher on the day of publication, with the full trade allowance. 1919 27 Feb. 24/2 Whether we should be liberal or rigid in the trade allowance on a prospective sale. 2010 J. R. Ogden & S. Rarick viii. 96 Not all of the trade allowance is passed along to the consumer. 1894 1 Nov. 6/2 The German embassy already has a trade attache stationed at Chicago, his duties being wholly of a numerical character. 1980 A. Coppel xxxvii. 227 He was a trade attaché... He would know with whom to speak to provide a friend of the Soviet Union with friendship. 2012 ‘L. Child’ (2013) xxxix. 237 Every embassy has a trade attaché. society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > balance of trade 1787 41 (table) Trade balance above struck. 1868 R. H. Patterson iv. 63 A considerable portion of the trade-balance..is nominal only. 1984 28 Nov. 13/7 Our trade balance sags under imports of consumer goods. 2002 S. Sen in A. K. Bagchi 190 It is not possible to interpret such improvements in India's trade balance in the face of the appreciating rupee by price movements alone. 1860 G. Seymour iii. 31 Are all trade-barriers at length broken down or equalized? Practically there are as many obstacles as there ever were. 1938 17 Aug. 6/3 As trade barriers mount..the movement towards economic nationalism gathers momentum. 2002 P. Collier & D. Dollar i. 24 As trade barriers came down, and transport costs continued to fall, trade revived. society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [noun] 1874 6 Nov. 6/1 This is trade binding, and certain not to be of the best quality. 1952 J. B. Oldham 3 Copies already bound in what are usually called ‘trade bindings’. 2013 M. Green in S. Eliot II. v. 250 The Bodleian's Clarendon Press collection copy is tight back, brown, calf bound..; a typical and inexpensive trade binding. 1929 3 Aug. 16/3 (headline) French trade bloc fails to progress. Plan for European action to counter tariff here disapproved by other nations. 1992 22 Sept. 8/1 The emerging division of the developed world into trade blocs that adopt protectionist policies vis-a-vis non-bloc members. 2011 D. Altman viii. 147 Forming regional trade blocs will soon become a top priority for smaller, poorer countries. society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > [noun] > committee of workers 1835 25 Apr. If, through the agency of Trade Boards, you establish a rate of wages, and make it illegal for a master to give, or a tradesman to receive less, it appears to me that [etc.]. 1923 D. Sells iv. ii. 259 The emphasis which reputable employers lay upon the benefit of Trade Boards..can hardly be overstated. 2009 51 577 Tawney's popularizing of the trade boards' success restrained other more progressive approaches to low pay. society > communication > book > kind of book > books as sold > [noun] > book for general sale 1838 12 May 349/2 (advt.) Shares in several Standard Copyright and Trade Books. 1870 12 Apr. The great majority of trade books never reach three thousand copies. 1977 17 May 16/7 Last year 39 percent of the company's sales came from elementary school texts, 7 per cent from university texts and 19 per cent from trade books for the general public. 2002 93 774/1 Owen Gingerich..is writing a trade book detailing his adventures in making the census. 1899 15 210/1 Cheaply ‘trade-bound’ books. 1919 Sept. 10/2 Books bound at home will outwear trade bound books in many cases. 1982 71 (advt.) Econo-clad books..are ½ the cost of publisher's trade bound editions. society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > advertising specific thing > [noun] > tradesman 1824 J. Macculloch I. 388 The trade card of a certain noted Baronet. 1931 5 Sept. 173/1 Their two trade-cards, except for the names, are practically identical. 2008 D. Pardoe & S. Collins 98 (caption) A trade card that describes its business. 1860 J. Sowden 208 These were to be nine-tenths fine; forty-five crowns to be coined from the zollpfund of standard gold, the half crown in proportion. These were called ‘trade coins’. 1960 22 Nov. 16/2 The Dutch ducate, which has no nominal value, is the oldest trade coin still in existence. 2010 M. A. Denzel xxvi. 545 From the 17th century the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie..imported Dutch trade coins made of silver. society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop-fittings > counter > type of counter 1856 13 Sept. 165/2 The relative significance of those coins as trade-counters. 1865 8 July 38/2 (advt.) Thomas Bosworth supplies all comers to his trade counter with the new and standard publications at trade price. 1977 7 Oct. 21/3 (advt.) Young person required by Builders' Merchants in Battersea to assist on trade counter and learn trade. 2014 (Nexis) 25 Mar. On the trade counter plumbers will find a wide variety of plumbing supplies. society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > credit > other specific types 1825 T. C. Hansard 794 Capital sunk, or paid for in the shape of interest, to give the accustomed trade-credit. 1917 W. H. Lough vi. 112 The extent to which trade credit is granted, depends chiefly upon the nature of the goods that are being retailed, and on the ability of the..consumer to pay promptly. 1988 D. Kondo (1998) vii. 79 The extension of trade credit is, in effect, a short-term loan from your supplier. 2012 J. Burrow & B. Kleindl xvi. 447 Kyle does have good relationships with several of his suppliers, who have approved trade credit on some of his purchases. 1887 R. Abercromby xiii. 332 The weather in the trades is usually fine, and the sky more or less covered with a peculiar small detached cumulus, often called ‘trade cumulus’. 1951 77 617 Presumably the liquid-water content of the trade cumulus is somewhat higher than that of stratus. 2001 H. Holmes vii. 116 Starved of ocean water, the local ‘trade cumulus’ clouds evaporate, and the Sun bears down unhindered. society > trade and finance > [noun] > cycle in trading 1857 9 Dec. 8/4 We find Lord John [Russell]..laying down a dreary theory of trade cycles. 1928 (Liberal Industr. Inq.) v. xxviii. §2. 411 The trade booms..and trade depressions..which were so prominent a feature of the pre-war ‘trade cycle’. 2009 T. Hunt (2010) iii. 86 Trade cycles became more extreme, and poverty deepened. 1827 C. T. Swanston 3 490 It is impossible that using the testator's name in the trade, can subject his name to the trade debts. 1968 P. F. McGouldrick ii. 16 Short-term borrowed capital consisted of trade debt,..bank loans, and a miscellany of obligations. 2014 (Nexis) 6 Apr. 13 We have a viable company. We have no bank debt, no trade debt, live within our means and have a decent amount in the bank. society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > balance of trade > excess of imports 1859 23 Dec. 4/5 The balance of trade, it is true, is against us; but the bullion returns show that the excess of value on our side, in our exports to France of the precious metals, more than counterbalances the trade deficit. 1925 H. G. Moulton & C. Lewis App. 387 The total cut in the trade deficit which is achieved by this recalculation of imports for the years 1914–20 amounts to 21.6 billion francs. 1992 30 Sept. 9/5 The Asian ‘little tigers’, including Taiwan and Hong Kong as special economic zones of China, will be tougher rivals and stop running trade deficits with Japan. 2010 2 Apr. 50/3 With our monumental trade deficit, it's beyond belief that items such as transformers..should not be made in Wales. 1810 Oct. 265/1 Still the Ogyretæ have charity dinners, company dinners, trade dinners, parish dinners, and, in short, all sorts of dinners. 1917 28 Apr. 5/2 The largest trade dinner of a private nature ever given in the paper or allied trades in Philadelphia was held on Friday night. 2010 (Nexis) 24 Mar. 2 Bonny Price of Shaw's Supermarket Westerly won..the Rhode Island Food Dealers Association annual Best Bagger Contest held at its trade dinner. society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > discount > [noun] > trade discount 1818 10 Jan. 8/1 Booksellers will be allowed the usual Trade-discount. 1908 30 Oct. 18/1 In their business the trade discount was probably a very small matter indeed. 2005 H. Mantel (2006) x. 303 I wonder, if I went in for it, could I get a trade discount? society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > dispute 1776 J. Adams 26 Its [sc. a congress] authority should..be confined to these cases, viz. war, trade disputes between Colony and Colony, the Post-Office [etc.]. 1839 31 Mar. 8/4 Now is the time to put an end to many difficulties in trade-disputes which arise from the present system. 1915 8 Oct. 2/2 Lindman..denied in an interview today that Sweden was prepared to make any concessions in her trade dispute with England. 1926 12 May 2/1 No trade dispute has been alleged or shown to exist in any of the unions affected except in the miners' case. 1991 R. Reiner iii. viii. 184 Picketing and trade disputes in themselves are at common law illegal. 2015 C. M. Duncan 39 The EU and the US have been locked in a trade dispute that lasted for 20 years. 1873 10 Jan. 5/4 This ‘trade’ dollar is not expected to be generally used for the ordinary purposes of currency in the United States or Europe. 1961 Oct. 64/2 In those days trade dollars were issued for circulation in the Orient to compete with the Mexican peso. 2012 94 322 U.S. efforts to establish the Trade Dollar as China's dominant legal currency ultimately failed by 1878. 1887 30 Oct. 12/2 Jones was proved to have been..dressed in his butcher's blouse.., so that if he were the person he must have left his blouse and tray somewhere, committed the misdeed, resumed his trade dress, and gone back to the shop. 1892 25 Mar. 5 The bakers will appear habited in trade dress—white caps, jackets, and aprons. 1897 26 May 12/2 The point at issue is whether the paraffine or wax paper in question is to be considered a trade dress. 1964 64 1190 Elements of trade dress emanate from the public domain and to some extent may be the subject of design patents. 2002 J. Zagel v. vii. 270 Plymouth..sat through two hours of a trial over whether the unusual shape of a noodle could be legally protected as trade dress. society > communication > book > edition > [noun] > other types of edition 1819 16 July 19/4 (advt.) The above edition of Langhorn's Plutarch may be depended upon as the most correct extant, there being not less than 370 errors corrected from the old trade edition. 1879 29 Nov. 773/1 The trade edition comprises 156 pages, the imprint editions, 148. 1930 A. Huxley 8 Mar. (1969) 332 With regard to subsequent unlimited trade editions, I imagine you wouldn't have the organization. 2008 T. F. Bonnell vi. 171 The London trade edition included no recent authors that lay beyond Bell's legal reach. 2014 P. Alger in M. Richardson xxxii. 297 When writing out his dedication in the first copy of the limited edition, Frost accidentally spilled ink on the page and was forced to inscribe a copy of the trade edition instead. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning > trade effluent 1886 B. A. Whitelegge tr. R. Koch in W. W. Cheyne 497 In dealing with large quantities of water, such as trade effluents or sewage. 1930 11 July 47/2 (heading) Trade effluents and sewers. 2002 R. D. Treloar (ed. 2) viii. 296 Foul water is water which is contaminated by soil, waste and trade effluent. the mind > language > languages of the world > pidgins and creoles > [noun] > English-based > Pacific 1896 Nov. 789 Pigeon or Trade English..is in actual use, not only in China, but among savages on almost all trade routes in America and Africa. 1897 M. Kingsley 434 I have a collection of trade English letters and documents, for it is a language that I regard as exceedingly charming. 1949 M. Steen i. ii. 38 Eddy had ‘gut book’—a term which, translated from trade English, meant that his education was superior to that of his shipmates for'ard. 2004 U. Ansaldo in L. Lim vi. 131 Some form of trade English, Malaysian English, Eurasian English or the like. 1858 Dec. 885 (heading) Russian trade fairs. 1963 1 June 58/4 It is very convenient for a trade fair at Blackpool. 2010 M. Binchy v. 96 There was a trade fair next month in Paris that they could both go to and fish for ideas. 1827 A. Amos & J. Ferard i. ii. 39 The cases that have been collected and referred to in the preceding pages, contain all that is to be found upon the right of a tenant to remove trade fixtures. 1922 205 872/1 Whether a building placed thereon by the lessee was a trade ‘fixture’ or became part of the realty. 2007 (Nexis) 12 June b3 All too often, tenants move out of their leased offices or warehouses and leave behind equipment, trade fixtures or other property. society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > balance of trade > excess of imports 1930 18 Nov. 12/2 Trade gap closed. Latest figures of Australian oversea trade show that the gap between exports and imports has been closed. 1977 P. Johnson v. 55 These fresh supplies of bullion bridged the trade-gap between West and East until western industry was sufficiently developed to mass-produce textiles for export. 2012 (Nexis) 7 Dec. (Business section) 48 The trade gap widened to a record £28 billion from £24.9 billion in the quarter ended July. society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > place where merchants meet 1822 C. Kelly II. iv. 1024/2 The trade-hall, on the east. 1910 C. Jackson iii. 24 A trade hall subsidized by Government in respect of rent and of clerical staff. 2007 J. Wintle xxxvi. 422 A shopping mall and a trade hall in the capital. 1851 W. Hazlitt tr. ‘Talvi’ I. xv. 371 All the disorder of formalities, titles, and prolixities, had broken in like a stream which..no understanding could cope with, except that of a man initiated fully into the ‘trade-jargon’ [Ger. Gewerbs-Terminologie]. 1881 17 July 16/6 They may not always understand each other when speaking their mother tongues, but they have the trade jargon of the fur country in common. 1999 75 583 These trade jargons were unstable and were a sociolinguistic reflection of the trading relations that existed between the groups. 2006 K. Thompson (2007) 69 Specialist nurseries will sell you young trees about a metre tall (‘whips’ in the trade jargon). the mind > language > a language > [noun] > international universal language the mind > language > languages of the world > pidgins and creoles > [noun] > other spec. 1662 J. Owen xviii. 363 The Latin Tongue..is..the trade-Language of Religion amongst learned men. 1846 H. Hale 635 The trade-language, or..Jargon, in use on the Northwest Coast. 1937 M. Covarrubias p. xxiii Malay was the trade language between Balinese and foreigners. 2008 14 899/2 Celtic was possibly the trade language linking the region further. society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > professional teacher > of particular subject > art or trade 1836 Rep. Commissioners Country Rates App. 119 in XXVII. 1 All the money that has been of late years lavished in providing schoolmasters and trademasters and chaplains for thieves. 1850 21 Nov. 5/5 Apartments for two schoolmasters, two schoolmistresses, and for infant schoolmaster and mistress; also for trade masters.., other officers and domestics. 1916 M. E. Moxcey xviii. 312 Here, then, is where the older man or woman—parent, friend, teacher, trade-master, special authority—has place as a helper. society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > body of > type of 1842 16 Sept. 298/2 Mr. Olozaga was about to proceed on a commercial trade mission to Belgium and Holland. 1973 24 Apr. (São Paulo Suppl.) p. viii/4 The Japanese presence is very real in São Paulo, and on average two trade missions visit the city every week. 2011 M. Muro & B. Katz in G. D. Libecap & S. Hoskinson v. 126 They conduct their own trade missions to drum business for key exporting firms. society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > professional teacher > of particular subject > art or trade > in prison 1873 G. Armytage Proc. Social Sci. Meetings 20 Mar. in J. H. Turner (1904) 238 After paying..salaries of trade officers, trade buildings and plant. 1956 5 Jan. 3/3 Abbot..was a disciplinary officer at the prison, where Clarry was trade officer. 1965 6 514 Take Nyanza Province, it comprises of three districts, and even so we have only got one Trade Officer. 1989 K. Smith x. 68 Trade officers on work services around the prison. 2014 J. Cheh in G. Seijts xvii. 151 I sought and was given the opportunity for a posting as a trade officer at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [noun] > with specific type of back or cover 1960 22 Mar. 8/5 The ‘trade paperbacks’ as they are called to distinguish them from the mass-market books, include serious fiction, non-fiction and many educational books. 1985 5 May 50/5 The hardcover is now losing its commanding position to the paperback, particularly the trade paperback—the larger-sized, higher-priced paperback format that has long been dominant in much of the world. 2010 26 Nov. b5/2 Instead of old-school terms like ‘trade paperback’ and ‘mass paperback’, publishers are now focused on ‘apps’ and ‘enhanced e-books’. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate > types of 1832 15 Sept. The Trade Plate of 75 sov...was won in three heats by Mr. Biggs' Pounce. 1904 27 Jan. 5/1 The Trade's Plate... Kingfisher got away first from the gate and won in a canter by four lengths. 1920 11 Dec. 14/4 They [sc. the Society of Motor Manufacturers] would accept any rules or regulations the minister cared to make to render impossible the abuse of trade plates. 1978 J. Fleming 110 I've got two sets of number plates, and just for luck, two lots of trade plates. 2005 June 138/2 We're running this car on trade plates. 1919 13 Nov. 976/1 (heading) Trade practice submittal. 1939 Oct. 34/1 (advt.) The world of trade agreements, merchandising plans, government contracts, patent pools, cross-license agreements and trade practice submittals is governed by the Anti-Trust rules. 1997 46 1261 As early as 1919, the Federal Trade Commission employed a negotiated process first called ‘trade practice submittals’ and later referred to as ‘trade practice conferences’. society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > wholesale or cost price > trade price 1714 R. North Vocab. sig. b3 A Liberty is given to allow for Gold Coin, according to the Trade-Price in Silver. 1782 2 Mar. (advt.) One thousand Volumes of modern Books, and some Stationary, all to be taken to at a Trade Price. 1822 W. Scott I. Introd. Ep. p. iii You shall have it at trade price. 1921 Nov. 176/2 A complaint by a dealer against a manufacturer for direct selling to a consumer at trade prices. 2013 (Nexis) 14 Aug. 20 Morrisons kindly donated scones and Langage Farm gave us a trade price for the cream. society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > petty or sordid the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Neotema (wood-rat) 1876 Oct. 813/1 It was only trade-rats who troubled themselves about such gross things [as keeping accounts]. 1885 Oct. 835 These descriptions..apply well to the trade-rat of the Rocky Mountains, save that they do not mention the creature's curious habit of barter. 1912 R. A. Wason xxiv. 239 Either the pack-rat reformed into a trade-rat, or else he sold out his claim to a trade-rat. 1948 F. Blake ii. 79 Johnny slept that night..disturbed neither by Gitt's snoring nor the scuttle of secretive trade-rats. 1970 R. D. Symons xxiii. 157 He knew pack rats—trade rats some people called them. They would always make a trade for anything they took. 2013 A. Simpson & R. Simpson 14 Also known as ‘packrats’ or ‘trade rats’, these hoarders will collect shiny and colorful objects such as bottle caps, coins, or rings and in their place leave a stick, pine cone, or nut. society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > discount > [noun] > trade discount 1845 13 Dec. 471/1 The same price, three half-pence (minus the trade reduction) was charged for each of the Almanacks delivered with No. 28. 1886 July 26 The best of them may be sold to the libraries, with the usual trade reductions. 1922 May 556/1 Drastic trade reductions in selling prices, made after January 1, 1921, decreased the amount which otherwise would have been received for the goods sold. 1918 (Mass. Board for Vocational Educ.) 82 (heading) Outline of training course for teachers of academic and trade related subjects in continuation school. 1954 Jan. 32/2 (advt.) The Industrial Training Division..offers to train men at home in their spare time to get the necessary trade related knowledge. 2011 M. J. Dutta iii. 118 Contemporary neoliberal policies limit the markets for agricultural commodities by minimizing the trade-related barriers. society > trade and finance > [noun] > trading journey > trade route society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > used by traders 1828 May 85 To this settlement king Boatswain..is believed to be now employing a large force in opening a trade road from his own residence. 1917 6 160/1 The fort..controlled important trade roads. 2014 (Nexis) 19 Mar. The blocked highway connects residents to the rest of Lebanon and is an important trade road for the town. society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > trading post > building or room 1734 29 Apr. There is no Tradesman in England under the Laws of Excise who ever did enter his Dwelling House, or any Rooms but Trade Rooms. 1840 R. H. Dana xiii. 28 The cargo having been entered in due form, we began trading. The trade-room was fitted up in the steerage. 1985 D. Conner i. ii. 13 The Fort Langley workers were busy for a year building the stockade, houses, workshops, trade-room, and storehouses of the new fort. 2006 30 Mar. (Appointments section) 10/1 (advt.) The Operations team is located in the Trade Room alongside Portfolio Management. society > trade and finance > [noun] > trading journey > trade route society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > used by traders 1828 Mar. 21 We are now in treaty with King Boatswain to open an easy trade route to the distance of 150 miles. 1928 ‘Ganpat’ xiv. 255 It is a hard life on the central Asian trade route if you happen to be a hired ponyman. 2014 (Nexis) 26 Mar. 21 The long-term safety and security of the nation, its borders, trade routes and energy supplies, should take precedence over the insatiable demands of the welfare state. society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > other types of sale 1774 11 He..did attend the trade-sales of books held at the Globe Tavern. 1867 J. Spedding 37 I suppose that copies which are ‘subscribed for’ at the trade-sales are really sold to the subscribers at that rate of discount. 1910 W. Parker in XI. 352/2 The skins are sold in the trade sale as martens. 1978 21 Oct. 24/4 (advt.) Trade sale of jade, lapiz [sic] and malachite carvings. 1986 25 Apr. 1/3 A period of stability was necessary before a flotation or a trade sale. 2007 11 Dec. c3/2 Trade sales occur when a private-equity firm sells a company it owns to another company in the same field. society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > other types of school 1829 19 Dec. What improvement can you possibly suggest that will in any degree relieve the working classes, other than the institution of trade schools? 1920 D. S. Hill viii. 240 Well-organized schools or classes, often called trade schools, are available..for complete training, or for partial training, adjusted to the practice prevailing in the industry. 2013 (Nexis) 15 Nov. I would..have gone to a trade school to learn to cut hair and do make up. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > something concealed, a secret > secret process 1825 May 542/1 The principles of free trade, and the free circulation of trade-secrets, machinery, and workmen, must necessarily give the market to those who can sell the cheapest. 1928 R. B. McKerrow ii. x. 235 Some of the best [facsimiles] are, I believe, produced by a process of lithography, but the details are probably a ‘trade secret’. 1978 G. Greene ii. iii. 82 They [sc. advertising agencies] have secrets too—trade secrets. 2013 14 Oct. 35 How did they make Tom..look taller than me in the film? That's a trade secret. society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > balance of trade > excess of exports 1897 18 Jan. 6/1 The foreign trade surplus of $325,000,000.] 1901 27 July 4/3 We have such a large trade surplus that Mr. Gage wants to cut it down by lopping off the business done in Russia. 1977 12 Dec. 18/2 Riding the crest of a gigantic trade surplus, which last week led to a Japanese Cabinet shake-up.., the yen has risen 22% against the dollar so far this year. 1992 22 Sept. 3/4 The dollar is falling against the yen as Japan is racking up record trade surpluses with the United States. 2013 (Nexis) 9 Dec. (Business section) 4 China's exports grew even faster than expected in November..fuelling the country's biggest trade surplus in nearly five years. 1765 7 Oct. If it [sc. a book] begins to fall off in its sale, or as the trade term is, damned, the poor author is glad to sell the remainder of his impression for any thing. 1851 H. Mayhew II. 220/2 Of the scavagers proper there are..two distinct orders of workmen, ‘the regulars and casuals’ to adopt the trade terms. 1977 Sept. 113/2 He may remember to avoid such obvious trade terms as hole in the roof for sunshine roof. 2000 June 48/1 Cellaring is the trade term for keeping wine in medium- or long-term storage to give it time to develop and improve in the bottle. 1792 May 432/2 Supposing a nag's head to have been the crest born by John Cobham,..this might be a reason for Alice Cobham his descendant's using it on her trade token. 1889 G. C. Williamson (title) Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century. 1954 R. Wailes 189 The best-known trade token bearing a windmill is that of Appledore, Kent, dated 1794. 2014 (Nexis) 18 Mar. The archaeologists have also found..a finely-worked bone pin and a 15th-century trade token. 1870 22 Oct. 14/2 Trade tomahawks, 15s, to 18s. per dozen. 1929 74 310 During the transport of the stores some of our trade tomahawks were stolen by natives. 2011 M. G. Johnson 17 (caption) A Miami warrior sketched c.1796... He sports many silver ornaments..and carries a trade tomahawk. society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > competition > intense competition or war ?1718 R. Samber tr. P.-D. Huet ix. 77 Reasons of State joined to those of Trade, and the Enmity of both Parties to each other, broke out at last into an open War, which was properly speaking a Trade War [Fr. une guerre de Commerce]. 1811 J. Bristed 425 Among the evils of the trade-war may be enumerated the loss to France of her colonial produce. 1909 VI. ii. 49 The tariff-war was often the precursor of the trade-war. 1917 F. P. Jones xxxiv. 222 She [sc. England] said she was fighting the war to save Belgium.., when, in reality, she was fighting a trade war against her most serious rival. 2014 (Nexis) 22 Mar. 2 Europe began to prepare for a possible trade war with Russia over Ukraine last night. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning > trade effluent 1894 17 Feb. The erection of suitable plant for the treatment of trade waste. 1944 G. E. Mitchell in R. Greenhalgh vi. 248/1 Water collected from agricultural and cultivated lands..must be regarded as dangerous, as it is likely to be contaminated by sewer discharges, trade wastes, and animal excrements. 2013 (Nexis) 8 Nov. Medway Council discovered the land was again being used for trade waste and a skip lorry was photographed at the site. society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > sailing route society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [noun] 1589 E. Hayes in R. Hakluyt iii. 683 We resolued to beginne our course Northward, and to follow directly as we might, the trade way vnto Newfoundland. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault v. iv. 665 Let them be ditched round about..to cut off the trade waies of passengers. 1643 1 June 58 [A ship wrongly anchored in] the trade way. 1758 J. Barrow II. vii. 284 He ordered captain Pritchard, with the Monmouth and Resolution, and the Roebuck fireship to go between the trade way and the Main. 1885 1 Dec. 884 The prize which really has excited French rivalry in Upper Burmah was the command of the great trade way to South-Western China. 1992 M. G. Lay iii. 51 Europe..saw the development of simple trade ways such as the Heraclean Way running between Italy and Spain. society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > type of exchange rate 1954 8 491 The United Kingdom with its vital interest in trade being the chief advocate of a trade-weighted vote. 1980 24 July 17/1 The change in the trade weighted exchange rate actually improved our competitiveness by 2 per cent. 2008 17 Apr. 64/2 Since 2000 the dollar has depreciated by 70 percent against a trade-weighted basket of currencies. 1669 J. Flavel vi. 60 Have not my discourses in communion with the Saints, been Trade words, speaking what I have learnt, but not felt? ?1750 S. Bourn 46 This potent Word Blasphemy will serve..instead of Confutation and Argument, as many other Trade-Words must do. 1849 5 Jan. 3/6 He..may not know how much ‘emolument’ (the military word), or profit (the trade word), he will receive. 1903 W. Packard iii. 70 ‘Muckalucks’, the trade word for the native skin-boot. 2001 J. A. Kastor iv. 131 Outcomes, the trade word for ‘results of treatment’ are beginning to improve. C4. With the first element in the plural or genitive, chiefly in sense A. 6. See also tradesfolk n., tradesman n., tradespeople n., tradesperson n., tradeswoman n., and the variant form trades union at trade union n.1834 New Ser. 1 368/1 When some small, ‘wee’ trades-body..outrageously refuses..to deal out his wares. 1839 18 May All trades bodies of men of the different districts. 1919 J. Connolly xii. 99 The Dublin trades bodies projected a mammoth demonstration in favour of Repeal. 2003 (Nexis) 20 Oct. a19 Professional and trades bodies today have rules and regulations that effectively shut out many people with foreign credentials. society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union 1831 3 20/2 Trades' combinations..are discountenanced in courts of law as contrary to free trade and public policy. 1910 J. W. Harper xxxiii. 272 Trades-combinations and masters' unions..are stages of progress. They are not final institutions. 2005 D. M. MacRaild ii. 40 Trades combinations were illegal and their oaths proscribed. 1822 10 Nov. This feeling received some relief in the Trades' Committee on Thursday evening. 1920 16 July 233/1 The trades committees of the Greater New York Fund for Jewish War Sufferers are still faithfully at work. 2012 B. Braber in T. M. Devine & J. Wormald xxvi. 496 Irishmen..represented textile workers on the local trades' committees of the 1820s and 1830s. 1850 12 Sept. (heading) The Trades Congress. 1917 A. Henderson (1918) ii. 33 The coming together of the Trades Congress and the Labour Party and the Co-operative movement. 2010 B. Holman iv. 66 T. R. Threlfall of the TUC..spoke at a meeting of the Trades Congress in Edinburgh. society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > place where merchants meet 1700 G. Lockhart (single sheet) The Merchants and Trades Halls are excluded both from Leiting and Electing of the Provost or the Bailies, or Choising the Council. 1834 27 Sept. 915/2 The Trades Hall will accommodate about 800. 1934 C. Stead vi. 184 Rawson, from the Trades Hall, ready, assured, blatant, a political opportunist. 2003 R. Fitzgerald 199 A list of trade unions and trades halls that he alleged were still under Communist control. 1632 in E. Bain (1887) 157 Since that tyme everie particular man's offering is notted in ane book whilk is keepit always in the custody of the present master of the Traids Hospital. 1736 J. M'Ure 75 Twelve thousand Merks to the Trade's Hospital for the Maintenance of six old Tradesmen. 1851 I. p. xxiii The meetings of the House, as well as those of the several Incorporations, were held from time immemorial in the Trades' Hospital. 1905 Sept. 188 The Craftsmen of Glasgow in 1605 erected a hospital, called the Craft Hospital, Alms House or Old Trades' Hospital, on the site of the Parson of Morebattle's manse. 2002 G. DesBrisay et al. in E. P. Dennison et al. ii. 66 Inmates at the Trades' Hospital had pensions of £50. 1696 11/2 The Trades House of Glasgow. 1706 in A. M. Munro (1899) I. 309 The said day anent ane overture given in to the Court be the Conveiner for making of ane hospitall of the traids house for friemens relicts and orphants reduced to povertie. 1820 J. Cleland 58 The Trades' house is composed of the Convener and Collector, the late Convener and late Collector, the Deacons of the 14 Incorporations, and 40 assistants. 1925 W. E. Whyte ii. 74 The rights of any craft, trade, convenor of trades..or trades house..are reserved to them without interference or control on the part of the Town Council. 1991 J. House (2005) vii. 96 Today the Trades House of Glasgow is mainly a benevolent society. The fourteen Incorporations include Hammermen, Bakers, Fleshers, Bonnet Makers, Wrights, Gardeners and the Weavers. society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > skilled worker or craftsman > expert 1611 R. Fenton ii. xiv. 96 If he bee his trades-master, hee shall not stand in so great need of Gods blessing as other honest men doe. 1849 28 Feb. 139/1 Five of them..have been placed with trades-masters as apprentices. a1948 C. McKay in 14 (1953) 141 My people found a Trades Master in lovely little Brown's Town in the parish of St. Ann. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning > trade effluent 1895 122 136 Plant for the treatment of trades' waste. 1982 in I. G. C. Dryden (ed. 2) xix. 499/2 (heading) Typical analyses of various trades waste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). tradev. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: trade n. Etymology: < trade n.With commercial uses (especially senses 6 and 7) compare slightly earlier to trade merchandise at sense 3b and trade of merchandise at trade n. 6a. the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > accustom (a person) 1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus iv. ii. sig. M Domitius Corbulo, with two legions, and a very smal nomber of such as came to ayde hym, traded in the discipline of warre [L. disciplina correcta], withstode the great power of the Parthians. 1547 Bp. S. Gardiner c20 Nov. (1933) 419 But I have bene so traded to speak boldly that I cannot chaunge my manor now. 1552 R. Record (rev. ed.) Pref. to Edw. VI sig. A.iiijv This man..dyd trade theim to all suche thynges, as eyther were profitable or honest. ?1556 N. Smyth tr. Herodian ii. f. xxvv Banqueting and ryotte: with yt whiche thei are so traded, that thei can not susteyne youre voyce. 1563 B. Googe sig. E.viiiv Trade thou thy selfe, in seruyng hym aboue. 1603 H. Crosse sig. G4 Being once taught to loath Vice, & traded in wel doing, from the cradle. 1652 J. Gaule 374 He had committed his sonne to a..sorcerer, to be brought up or traded in such arts as were interdicted by the laws. 1731 L. Theobald v. 65 Sarmatia's banish'd Queen, Whose daring Hand was traded young in Blood. the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] 1547 J. Hooper sig. F3 He must..leaue the thinges that erst hath byn committyd agaynst god. The Idolatre his Idolatry. The swerer, his othes..men that tradith in the worold, all false and in iust contractes. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace sig. B.jv Our Poets..who of them selues aduenterously haue ceasde Further to trade in greekishe steppes. 1632 W. Lithgow x. 506 These once happy Iles, which long agoe my feet traded ouer. 1651 T. Hobbes ii. xxiv. 127 By the labour of trading from one place to another. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd in Sept. 275 Where be ye trading o't to to-day then, Joseph? †3. society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground 1548 H. Hart (title) A godly newe short treatyse instructyng euery parson, howe they shulde trade theyr lyues in ye Imytacyon of Vertu and ye shewyng of vyce. 1551 R. Record To Rdr. sig. ¶.iiv I will not cease from trauaile the pathe so to trade, that finer wittes maie fashion them selues with such glimsinge dull light. 1556 in S. P. H. Statham (1902) 386 All others as tradethe and travaquythe [sic] the Narrowe Sease. a1649 W. Drummond (1711) 226 They can hardly be compared together, trading diverse Paths. 1675 R. Head 132 A rambling Dinah, Trading or Coaching the streets. the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides vi. i. f. cl The Phenycians came for to inhabitt in a certen small countrey of the Isle.., for to trade marchandise [Fr. pour marchander] wt the Sycilians. a1561 G. Cavendish (1980) 945 You yong men all That ragithe in youthe, and tradyth the Courtly lyfe. c1570 in (1848) 103 To those that lerne and trade vertue. 1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin iii. viii. 399 By the old custome of the Romans, it was no shame for the citisens to trade marchandise. the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > use repeatedly ?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe (1563) 851/1 That no man should speake of the sacramente, but with such wordes, as scripture doth trade, and beare. 1633 [implied in: J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ sig. B2 The Greeke Language, which then was the most traded and vulgar through the whole Vniuerse. (at 1633 at traded adj.1 1)]. †4. the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate > negotiate with 1553 J. Bale f. 19v From that daye..I traded wt myselfe, by all possybylyte to set fourth that doctrine. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda f. 156 Hee would come and speake with him, and trade for a peace. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. v. 4 How did you dare To Trade, and Trafficke with Macbeth, In Riddles, and Affaires of death. View more context for this quotation 1638 R. Brathwait (new ed.) ii. sig. G5 My Muse with Bacchus so long traded, When I walkt, my legs denaid it. 1676 J. Glanvill 49 Should Satan send the most malignant spirits of Hell openly and professedly to trade for him. 1766 G. Cockings iii. ii. 31 The French are trading with Lucifer I think. 1899 H. A. Glass v. 66 Accusing a defender of the Government of trading with Rome, he [sc. Francis Rous] defended his position as a Church reformer. the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > have to do with or be involved in or with 1595 R. Linaker (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A2 When they haue resolued freely and boldly to trade in some sinne without check and controlment. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. v. 2 Musicke, moody foode of vs that trade in Loue. View more context for this quotation a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Westm. 241 Hence it was that afterwards he traded so largely in experiments. 1717 E. Fenton 208 From her Apollo now the Muse elopes, And trades in Syllogisms, more than Tropes. 1781 S. Johnson Savage in IX. 9 Savage might..find protectors and advocates among those who had long traded in crimes. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iv, in 3rd Ser. III. 44 In private,..she traded more deeply in the occult sciences. 5. society > trade and finance > [verb (transitive)] > frequent for purpose of trade 1554 W. Prat tr. J. Boemus vi. sig. H.viii That contrey was traficked and..traded of other nations. c1591 in H. Ellis (1843) 77 The Companie of Merchauntes tradinge Muskovia havinge bene..preiudiced by the errors. a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond (1856) 246 The..merchants tradinge those countries..became insolvent. 1638 T. Herbert (rev. ed.) 305 Since the Portugalls traded Indya they have shaven their heads. 1555 R. Eden tr. F. Lopes in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria f. 312 Sum wyl that he came from Andaluzia, and traded to the Ilands of Canaria and the Ilande of Madera. 1575 in G. Tolstoy (1875) 161 Our subiectes trawding theither. 1629 J. Wadsworth v. 42 This Merchant traded from thence to Siuill. 1683 C. Wase tr. Cicero v. xiv. 292 He had many Ventures to all Ports, whither men traded. 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo 18 Through this [channel] pass almost all the Vessels that Trade to, or from the Red-Sea. 1796 J. Morse (new ed.) I. 524 The people in West Jersey trade to Philadelphia. 1845 H. H. Wilson I. viii. 565 They traded with profit only to China. 1893 J. S. Hittell II. xvii. 278 Her ships traded to all the coasts of the Indian Ocean. 1919 F. T. Chambers (U. S. Shipping Board) 370 Regular lines of steamers trading to Liverpool. 1991 J. M. Price in J. D. Tracy (1997) vii. 291 Very few men of substance were interested in trading thither [i.e. to the America, colonies] on any but the most modest, experimental scale. 2006 13 Dec. 61/1 Cummins continued with the company after the war, serving on board the Khyber, trading to the Far East. 6. society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)] 1557 H. Iden tr. G. B. Gelli iii. sig. F.iii To put thy gooddes vnto a marchaunte, [is nothing else than] to trade wyth one that thynketh to deceiue the of them. a1593 C. Marlowe (1633) 1, ad init. Giue me the Merchants of the Indian mynes, That trade in mettall of the purest mould. 1612 in J. Smith III. vii. 51 He found the Salvages more ready to fight then trade. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc 5 They [sc. Dutch merchants] trade there [i.e. to Aman] in Cottons. 1719 No. 152. 1 I began to Trade for my self in the Year Seventeen Hundred and Four. 1773 J. Hawkesworth II. ii. ii. 311 Those who remained in the canoes traded with our people very fairly. 1817 W. Scott III. vii. 208 I only trade now as wholesale dealer. 1889 17 Oct. 319/2 The Arabs traded with the far-off peninsulars. 1961 G. F. Kennan xiii. 183 They wished to be permitted to trade freely, as would a private concern, on the world markets. 2007 (Nexis) 4 Dec. 32 I don't want subsidies and I don't want to take the public's money: I just want to trade. society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade in (goods) illegally or immorally [verb (transitive)] 1665 S. Patrick xxi. 221 That cursed principle I named before, of trading with kindnesses, and putting them out to Use. 1682 C. Mather 9 Disdaining any more to trade With fleshly Organs. 1737 Mar. 155/2 The Clergy are continually trading in Benefices, wanting to change a worse for a better. 1782 W. Cowper Charity in 189 Canst thou..Trade in the blood of innocence, and plead Expedience as a warrant for the deed? 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. i. ii. 39 Tradest thou, too, for kisses? 1883 L. Villari tr. P. Villari IV. ii. vii. 108 These men traded in war. 1906 F. W. Hirst i. 32 The owners of the Yellow Press that employs him may almost be said to trade in blood. 2002 15 Apr. (Media section) 10/5 Britain should be wary of being seduced by the charms of people who trade in fear. 7. society > trade and finance > [verb (transitive)] 1589 T. Wilcox xxxi. f. 204 She..giueth..girdles..vnto the Merchant..that tradeth them to other places. 1611 Ezek. xxvii. 12 They traded the persons of men, and vessels of brasse in thy market. View more context for this quotation a1628 F. Greville Treat. Humane Learning cxxvii, in (1633) 47 Changing, corrupting, trading hope, and feare, In stead of vertues. 1723 T. McCliesh Let. 23 Aug. in K. G. Davies & A. M. Johnson (1965) 93 (modernized text) We did not trade one hundred moose parchment in one year. 1798 C. Chaboillez Jrnl. 18 Apr. in B. C. Payette (1964) 204 The former traded 2 Green Beavers..for which I paid them Eight Pints Mixed Rum. 1830 J. Galt I. ii. i. 92 I ain't agoing to trade her. 1896 34 900/1 Lucas had traded the property to one Collins. 1959 16 Nov. 36 (caption) Max Hess..claims columnists traded plugs for the store in return for honorariums. 1973 16 June 78/1 The Chicago Board of Trade's new Options Exchange is drumming up interest in trading options to buy and sell stock—puts and calls. 2010 X. Liu iii. 54 The very commodities traded along the Silk Road came to characterize Buddhist art. b. transitive. To give (something) in an exchange of goods. the world > time > change > exchange > exchange, change for [verb (transitive)] the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > compromise > [verb (transitive)] 1636 in J. H. Trumbull (1850) I. 1 Henry Stiles..had traded a peece wth the Indians for Corne. 1790 E. Umfreville 88 After he has gained one beaver by the iniquitous adulteration, he gains another..by trading it for any skin that is valued at one more than the beaver skin. 1861 (U.S. Army Corps Topogr. Engineers) 61 He promised..that his people should bring some beans and corn to trade for manta and beads. 1878 J. H. Beadle xxxi. 509 John Morgan traded them a small cheese for a bed-quilt, and was ‘cut off’ for it. 1914 12 68 Have you anything you could trade me for it? 1956 S. Seely xv. 440 Pulse-duration modulation and pulse-position modulation trade bandwidth for an improvement in signal/noise ratio. 2010 S. Junger i. i. 16 Out-of-work timber cutters traded their chainsaws for weapons and shot at the Americans. 1796 B. Hawkins (1916) 50 He was glad I intended to increase the number, and trade them other useful things. 1845 7 204 The defendant in execution had traded him a watch in payment. 1892 16 489 C. A. Jones brought to him a note.., and wanted to trade it to him. 1941 3 Dec. 4/5 I aim to trade this mule. 1950 25 June (This Week Mag. section) 33/1 Loan it to me. I'll trade you our strawberry whip. 2002 C. Voigt iv. 53 You traded it to me. 1780 in E. E. Rich (1952) 2nd Ser. 169 Two Indian men..traded nothing but Brandy to carry away with them to their families. 1831 J. Pilcher in Message from President U.S. conc. Fur Trade (1832) in (22nd Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Doc. 90) II. 14 Persons who engage in trapping do not refuse to trade furs from the Indians. 1863 W. C. Baldwin vi. 167 Traded half a dozen large leather sacks from the Maccateese for beads, very cheap; they..are beautifully braided and sewn. 1910 Sept. 279/1 I asked him where he got the quartz. He told me he had traded it from another Eskimo. 1936 4 Nov. 22/6 (advt.) A beautiful car, inside and out... We traded it from the original owner. 2000 V. R. Lee xvi. 298 I traded it [sc. a machete] from a Negrito pygmy in the Philippines. the world > time > change > exchange > exchange, change for [verb (transitive)] 1864 C. S. Bryant & A. B. Murch iv. 84 Mr. Baker..traded guns with one of them. 1891 23 Apr. 5/4 They traded blows on the stomach and time was called. 1947 Nov. 8/1 Nick Matthews traded looks with Barney Lane. 1983 29 Apr. 8/7 Punches and insults were traded at a rally addressed by..the South African Prime minister. 2010 J. O'Connor (2011) x. 176 He barely notices the old woman near the telephone box on the corner, the schoolboys not far from her trading football cards and sweets. 1901 July 240/1 I'll trade you for some coffee. 1955 12 Mar. i. 3/1 We met a man..who had a new car George admired, and the man told George he was luckier because he had a pretty wife. George told him, ‘I'll trade you.’ 1988 28 Nov. b2/4 I want to become an assistant principal in your district; I'll trade you for a job in my district. 2014 R. Reid vii. 58 LeAnn lifted the plate of fudge-covered peanut-butter bars... ‘I'll trade you.’ the world > time > change > exchange > [verb (intransitive)] 1949 J. Gainfort 19 Barbara...You took my drink. I made yours strong, and now I've got the strong one. Clarence. (Generously) I'll trade with you. 1961 D. Hall (1979) vii. 85 It was a lot for a picture frame, but your grandmother had some hats..which were seventy-five cents too. So she asked the gypsy woman if she'd like to trade. 1980 15 Apr. ii. 11/1 I wish that motel owner who said he'd rather see dogs check in than people would get in touch with me. I'll trade with him anytime. 2013 J. Angel 21 ‘You don't want to trade, do you?’..‘What do you mean?’ ‘You know, when we get back to the table, I can swap sides with you if you want.’ 1597 G. Phillips sig. B.4 The gifts of God are talents committed to vs, to trade them ouer in our life, to the honor of the right owner of them. 1616 T. Roe Jrnl. 23–4 Nov. in (1899) II. 341 Diuers Notes.., bills of exchange and ready mony..were traded in Indya by the sayd Bonelli as agent for a Partnership of the Principalls of diuers Nations residing in Aleppo. 1618 J. Vicars sig. F2 All the gaines which I poore Soule had made Of his good Talent lent to mee to trade. a1686 T. Watson (1692) 241 He that had Five Talents Traded them, and made them Five Talents more. a1626 J. Fletcher & W. Rowley Maid in Mill v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Cccc2/2 Otr. Then you have traded? Flo. Traded? how should I know else how to live Sir, And how to satisfie such Lords as you are. 1640 H. Mill 144 For gaine she trades; she sels (she hath such tricks) Her maiden-head, at least, to five, or six. 1735 V. xxiii. 481 It would be strangely absurd and indecent, that one who had traded in the Stews should at length cohabit with a Representative of the Divine Purity. 1898 Jan. 417 Duchatelet mentions a case of a woman who conducted her business with singular foresight and care,..trading only with married men. 1957 C. MacInnes ix. 66 That G.I.s' rendezvous is loaded up with chicks. Chicks of all activities and descriptions, some trading, and other voluntary companions full of hope. society > leisure > sport > scouting or selecting > scout or select [verb (transitive)] > exchange players 1886 6 Sept. 5/3 Browning will be traded for Joe Sommer of the Baltimore Club. 1955 7 Mar. 38/3 Branch Rickey..traded Southpaw Paul La Palme to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ben Wade, a relief pitcher. 1972 ‘E. Lathen’ vi. 62 Nashville wouldn't be forever. I'd be traded sooner or later. And as long as I shoot those goals in, I can get what I want. 1982 13 May 1- c/1 The former UCLA star was traded by the Knicks to New Orleans for Jim Barnett and Neal Wala in 1975. 2003 R. Neyer i. 12/1 The Angels traded Bichette to the Brewers for Dave Parker, who by then was pushing forty. society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (intransitive)] > be bought and sold (of shares) 1905 21 Jan. 13/4 Ten shares of National Safe Deposit traded at 187. 1928 27 July 3/1 Call money was renewed at 5½ and 5 per cent. outside, the supply exceeding the demand with stock trading at the existing low level. 1981 23 May 19/8 Its shares will start trading on June 1. 1995 26 Aug. (Financial Review section) 14/2 At late Tokyo trading yesterday, the dollar traded at 1.4785 against the deutschemark. 2010 (Nexis) 28 July 27 Nicol..became chief executive in February 2002 when the shares were trading at about 250p. Phrases1867 Mar. 248/2 Who is there that is willing to trade places with me, and go and let me stay? 1907 19 Apr. 187/1 We had better not trade places with the United Kingdom either as to economic policy or economic conditions. 1958 L. M. Uris i. ix. 55 No American Jew would trade places with a Negro or a Mexican. 2012 8 July 18/2 The castling move in chess, when a king and rook trade places to protect the king. Phrasal verbs PV1. With adverbs in specialized senses. to trade down Originally U.S.society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)] > deal in cheaper or dearer goods 1905 10 Mar. 75/1 It was said he would never make good on losses by trading down. 1942 22 July 3/2 Catering to the masses, the fur trade is ‘trading down’, Green said, offering practical furs..in economical designs. 1978 6 Oct. 9/4 As taste and supply standardised, so we traded down. 1989 Apr. 201/2 To find the money, you can ‘trade down’—sell your home and move to a cheaper one. 2014 (Nexis) 28 May 25 Most of us will trade down when it comes to fruit and veg. Originally U.S.society > trade and finance > barter > [verb (transitive)] > part-exchange 1891 24 May 38/3 (advt.) That old piano..has fairly earned a much needed rest. Give it one by trading it in for a thoroughly modern instrument. 1908 28 Nov. Mrs. Wolford purchased a new sewing machine trading her old one in. 1945 28 Nov. 2/2 The usual cajoling to trade it in for a new one. 1955 W. Gaddis iii. ii. 752 You trade in your goddam car, you trade in your goddam wife, and the minute you get used to the goddam thing some bastard puts out a new model. 2003 N. Slater 204 He had traded in his old Rover with its polished leather seats and walnut dash for a new, bright blue Japanese thing. society > trade and finance > barter > [verb (transitive)] 1676 J. Flavell v. 151 Some trade in lies, as much as in Wares; yes, they trade off their Wares with lies. 1768 (Acts & Resolves) 76 A means of bringing into the Government a Number of Vessels from the neighbouring Colonies with such necessary Articles (to trade off for Coal) as at present we are obliged to send after. 1793 in (1810) 1st Ser. III. 1 Good crops of corn and rye, which they trade off for spirituous liquors. 1833 S. Smith 33 To see what chance I could find to trade off my ax handles. 1888 21 Jan. 156/1 The girl who borrowed the tricycle and traded it off for a string of beads. 1924 Sept. 50/3 I did have a coin made in 1732 English...I traded it off for some other coins. 1969 Dec. 16/1 These things wear out, get lost, or are eventually traded off for something new and better. 2011 B. Sherk lx. 161 Ben Koop owned his 1952 Meteor for seven years before trading it off for a Ford one-ton stake truck. 1855 28 Mar. 4/4 The journals..asserted over and over again that Temperance was to be traded off for Seward. 1899 29 May 7/7 We must resist the most faint beginning of trading it [sc. the birthright of freedom] off for any supposed advantage. 1972 June 22/3 Warheads can be traded off for either ABM penetration aids or increased range. 1978 R. Evelegh i. 37 Usually, the effect on one group had to be traded-off against that on another. 1995 L. Garrett (new ed.) xiii. 434 The new mutant was distinctly dangerous because it had not traded off virulence for persistence. 2013 (Nexis) 21 Dec. 13 Nicolas Sarkozy struck a deal with the Greens in which GM technology was traded off for nuclear energy. Obsolete. rare. society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > import or export [verb (transitive)] > export a1631 R. Cotton (1642) 24 To permit all men bringing in Bullion to Trade outward the value thereof in domesticke Commodities at an abated Custome. society > education > teaching > training > train [verb (transitive)] the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > accustom (a person) 1556 M. Huggarde f. 69v Beyng Christians, and traded vp in Christes faith. 1567 T. Harman (new ed.) f. 31 These wyld Dels being traded vp wt their monstrous motheres. 1567 W. Painter II. vi. f. 42v They had..traded him vp in those Arts, which excite all good dispositions to aspire vnto honoure. 1623 R. Jobson 68 None of the temporall people..are traded up to write. society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)] > deal in cheaper or dearer goods 1905 10 Mar. 81/1 Mr. Wildman prefers to trade up, and immediately he took charge he started in to dispose of the old stock. 1963 8 May 7/2 It pays to trade up rather than cater for the masses. 1975 14 Mar. (Small Car Suppl.) p. vi/7 The phenomenon of trading up from small to bigger cars is well known... In 1974..as many buyers..traded down as traded up. 1982 Feb. 3 People..may well ‘trade up’ at various times by increasing their mortgage in order to move into better property. 2013 (Nexis) 28 July 44 Taking your first baby home from hospital is usually the trigger to trade up and move to a bigger home. PV2. With prepositions in specialized senses. to trade on —— the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] > take advantage of 1843 C. Dickens (1844) ii. 18 He never speculated and traded on her pride in you. 1885 E. Clodd i. v. 93 They..still trade on the fears and fancies of their fellows. 1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ 80 Indiamen..had sometimes traded on the similarity of their appearance to that of ships of the line. 1976 Dec. 4/1 It traded on people's insecurities. 2002 (Nexis) 23 May 5 Lara Logan..was accused of trading on her good looks while covering the war in Afghanistan. the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] > take advantage of 1832 Feb. 192/2 Those..who, if he were a different man, would have traded upon his corruption. 1894 16 Mar. 302 One who will prove a better guide to national eminence than the gas-bags who trade upon their weakest characteristics. 1920 20 876 It trades upon the misfortunes of others. 1980 E. D. C. Campbell v. 147 Trading upon Dietrich's sultry image, bulletins presented her in a black gown of modern design. 2000 D. Toop in J. Potter iv. 44 These simple slogans traded upon the territorial nature of the parties. 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