the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
the act of buying, selling, or exchanging stocks, bonds, or currency: Stock brokerages typically charge a commission per trade.
a purchase or sale; business deal or transaction.
an exchange of items, usually without payment of money.
Sports. the transfer of a player or players among professional teams: a midseason trade.
any occupation pursued as a business or livelihood.
some line of skilled manual or mechanical work; craft: the trade of a carpenter; printer's trade.
people engaged in a particular line of business: a lecture of interest only to the trade.
market: an increase in the tourist trade.
a field of business activity: a magazine for the furniture trade.
the customers of a business establishment.
Informal. trade paper.
trades.trade wind (def. 1).
verb (used with object),trad·ed,trad·ing.
to buy and sell; barter; traffic in.
to exchange: to trade seats.
Sports. to transfer (a player under contract) from one team to another: The manager traded two defensive players at the end of the season.
verb (used without object),trad·ed,trad·ing.
to carry on trade.
to be bought, sold, or exchanged: Stocks traded lower after the release of the jobs report.
to traffic (usually followed by in): a tyrant who trades in human lives.
to make an exchange.
to make one's purchases; shop; buy.
adjective
of or relating to trade or commerce.
used by, serving, or intended for a particular trade: trade journal.
Also trades.of, composed of, or serving the members of a trade: a trade club.
Verb Phrases
trade down,to exchange a more valuable or desirable item for a less valuable or desirable one.
trade in,to give (a used article) as payment to be credited toward a purchase: We trade in our car every three years.
trade off,to exchange something for or with another.
trade on / uponto turn to one's advantage, especially selfishly or unfairly; exploit: to trade on the weaknesses of others.
trade up,to exchange a less valuable or desirable item for a more valuable or desirable one.
Origin of trade
1300–50; 1540–50 for def. 6; Middle English: course, path, track <Middle Low German, Middle Dutch (Old Saxon trada), cognate with Old High German trata; akin to tread
SYNONYMS FOR trade
1 business, barter, dealing.
4 swap.
6 vocation, métier, employment, living, craft.
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1. Trade , commerce , traffic refer to the exchanging of commodities for other commodities or money. Trade is the general word: a brisk trade between the nations.Commerce applies to trade on a large scale and over an extensive area: international commerce.Traffic may refer to a particular kind of trade; but it usually suggests the travel, transportation, and activity associated with or incident to trade: the opium traffic; heavy traffic on the railroads.6. See occupation. 14. Trade , bargain , barter , sell refer to exchange or transfer of ownership for some kind of material consideration. Trade conveys the general idea, but often means to exchange articles of more or less even value: to trade with Argentina.Bargain suggests a somewhat extended period of coming to terms: to bargain about the price of a horse.Barter applies especially to exchanging goods, wares, labor, etc., with no transfer of money for the transaction: to barter wheat for machinery.Sell implies transferring ownership, usually for a sum of money: to sell a car.
the act or an instance of buying and selling goods and services either on the domestic (wholesale and retail) markets or on the international (import, export, and entrepôt) marketsRelated adjective: mercantile
a personal occupation, esp a craft requiring skill
the people and practices of an industry, craft, or business
exchange of one thing for something else
the regular clientele of a firm or industry
amount of custom or commercial dealings; business
a specified market or businessthe tailoring trade
an occupation in commerce, as opposed to a profession
commercial customers, as opposed to the general publictrade only; trade advertising
homosexual slanga sexual partner or sexual partners collectively
archaica custom or habit
verb
(tr)to buy and sell (commercial merchandise)
to exchange (one thing) for another
(intr)to engage in trade
(intr)to deal or do business (with)we trade with them regularly
adjective
intended for or available only to people in industry or businesstrade prices