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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.

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trade in - turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase; "trade in an old car for a new one"tradecommerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)exchange, interchange, change - give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"barter away - trade in in a bartering transaction

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noun1. Commercial, industrial, or professional activity in general:business, commerce, industry, trading, traffic.2. The commercial transactions of customers with a supplier:business, custom, patronage, traffic.3. The act of exchanging or substituting:change, commutation, exchange, interchange, shift, substitution, switch, transposition.Informal: swap.4. Activity pursued as a livelihood:art, business, calling, career, craft, employment, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, vocation, work.Slang: racket.Archaic: employ.verb1. To give up in return for something else:change, commute, exchange, interchange, shift, substitute, switch.Informal: swap.2. To offer for sale.Also used with in:deal (in), handle, market, merchandise, merchant, peddle, retail, sell, vend.

Translations

折价用旧物贴换新物

trade

(treid) noun1. the buying and selling of goods. Japan does a lot of trade with Britain.贸易2. (a) business, occupation, or job. He's in the jewellery trade. 行业，职业 verb1. (often with in or with) to buy and sell. They made a lot of money by trading; They trade in fruit and vegetables. 经商，贸易 2. to exchange. I traded my watch for a bicycle.对换ˈtrader noun a person who trades. 商人ˈtrademark, ˈtradename nouns an officially registered mark or name belonging to a particular company, and not to be used by anyone else, that is put on all goods made by the company. 商标ˈtradesman (ˈtreidz-) noun1. a shopkeeper. 零售商2. a workman in a skilled job. My husband cannot mend the television-set – I'll have to send for a tradesman.技术工人trade(s) union a group of workers of the same trade who join together to bargain with employers for fair wages, better working conditions etc. 工会trade(s) unionist a member of a trade(s) union (noun trade(s) unionism ). 工会会员trade wind a wind that blows towards the equator (from the north-east and south-east). 信风trade in to give (something) as part-payment for something else: We decided to trade in our old car and get a new one ( noun ˈtrade-in) 折价，用（旧物）贴换新物

trade in

1. To exchange a used item for a new one, typically by using the proceeds from its sale to pay for a portion of the price of the new item. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "trade" and "in." My brother trades his car in every year so he can get the newest model on the market. I used to love trading in my old video games so I could buy new ones.2. To do business by processing, buying, and/or selling a particular product or commodity or dealing in a particular market. My father's company trades in industrial parts.See also: trade

trade something in (for something)

and trade something in (on something)to return something, such as a car, to a place where cars are sold as partial payment on a new car. I traded my old car in on a new one. I traded in my old jalopy for a newer car.See also: trade

trade in

Give or sell an old or used item and apply the value or proceeds to a new item. For example, Some people prefer to trade in their old car to the dealer, but we feel we'll do better by simply selling it . [First half of 1900s] See also: trade

trade in

v.1. To engage in the buying and selling of some product or commodity: Our firm trades in gold and silver.2. To use something as payment or partial payment for a new purchase: You could trade in all your old records for some new CDs. We traded our little car in for a bigger model.See also: trade

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verb turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase

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