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trade T0303300 (trād)n.1. The business of buying and selling commodities, products, or services; commerce. See Synonyms at business.2. A branch or kind of business: the women's clothing trade.3. The people working in or associated with a business or industry: writers, editors, and other members of the publishing trade.4. The activity or volume of buying or selling: The trade in stocks was brisk all morning.5. An exchange of one thing for another: baseball teams making a trade of players.6. An occupation, especially one requiring skilled labor; craft: the building trades.7. trades The trade winds.v. trad·ed, trad·ing, trades v.intr.1. To engage in buying and selling for profit.2. To make an exchange of one thing for another.3. To be offered for sale or be sold: Stocks traded at lower prices this morning.4. To shop or buy regularly: trades at the local supermarket.v.tr.1. To give in exchange for something else: trade farm products for manufactured goods; will trade my ticket for yours.2. To buy and sell (stocks, for example).3. To pass back and forth: We traded jokes.adj.1. Of or relating to trade or commerce.2. Relating to, used by, or serving a particular trade: a trade magazine.3. Of or relating to books that are primarily published to be sold commercially, as in bookstores.Phrasal Verbs: trade down To trade something in for something else of lower value or price: bought a new, smaller car, trading the old one down for economy. trade in To surrender or sell (an old or used item), using the proceeds as partial payment on a new purchase. trade on To put to calculated and often unscrupulous advantage; exploit: children of celebrities who trade on their family names. trade up To trade something in for something else of greater value or price: The value of our house soared, enabling us to trade up to a larger place.
[Middle English, course, from Middle Low German.]
trad′a·ble, trade′a·ble adj.trade down vb (Commerce) (intr, adverb) to sell a large or relatively expensive house, car, etc, and replace it with a smaller or less expensive one trade down
trade downTo exchange something larger or more expensive for something smaller or less expensive. A noun or pronoun can be used between "trade" and "down." They were forced to trade down their house after Jim lost his job and they could no longer afford the mortgage. A lot of people are trading their expensive cable TV packages down for low-cost digital streaming subscriptions.See also: down, tradetrade downExchange for something of lower value or price, as in They bought a smaller boat, trading down for the sake of economy. Similarly, trade up means "make an exchange for something of higher value or price," as in They traded up to a larger house. [First half of 1900s] See also: down, tradetrade downv. To trade something for something else of lower value or price: My SUV used a lot of gas, so I traded it down for a smaller, more economical car. My parents traded down their house for a condominium in Arizona.See also: down, tradeEncyclopediaSeetrade |