trade /trād/

1. An occupation, way of livelihood, esp skilled but not learned
2. Shopkeeping
3. Commerce, esp as opposed to a profession
4. Buying and selling
5. People engaged in a specific occupation, esp the liquor trade or the book trade
6. Customers, clientele
7. Commercial customers as opposed to the public in general
8. Business at a particular time or for a particular market
9. A craft, esp requiring training
10. A deal
11. Commodities, esp for barter
12. A practice
13. (in pl) the trade winds
14. A track, trail, treading (Spenser)
15. A way of traffic
16. Resort (Shakespeare)
17. A way, a course (obsolete)
18. Rubbish (dialect)
19. Medicine

1. To have dealings (with with)
2. To engage in commerce (often with in)
3. To deal
4. To traffic
5. To buy and sell
6. To take goods to a place (with to)
7. To reckon, count, presume (with on), esp unscrupulously
8. To tread, go (obsolete)
9. To resort, esp for commerce
10. To ply
11. To occupy oneself (obsolete)

1. To exchange (esp commercially), to barter
2. To buy and sell
3. To exchange (eg one thing for another, blows, etc)
4. To tread (obsolete)

tradeˈable or tradˈable adjective

trādˈed adjective (Shakespeare)

Versed, practised

tradeˈful adjective (Spenser)

Busy in traffic

tradeˈless adjective

trādˈer noun

1. A person who trades
2. A trading ship
3. A member of the Stock Exchange trading privately and not on behalf of clients (US)

trādˈing noun and adjective

trade barrier noun

Anything that prevents or hinders international trade, eg tariffs and quotas

trade board noun (historical)

A council for settling disputes, consisting of representatives of both employers and employees in a trade

tradeˈcraft noun

Skill or expertise in the practice of a trade, esp that of espionage

trade cycle noun

The recurring series of conditions in trade from prosperity to depression and back to prosperity

trade deficit see trade gap below.

trade discount noun

1. A discount offered to others in the same trade
2. A discount given to professional users or re-sellers of a product

traded option noun (stock exchange)

An option that can itself be bought and sold

trade edition noun

A standard edition of a book rather than a de luxe or bookclub edition

tradeˈ-fallen (Shakespeare tradeˈ-falne) adjective

Unsuccessful in trade, bankrupt

trade gap or trade deficit noun

The amount by which a country's visible imports exceed its visible exports in value

tradeˈ-in noun

That which is given in part payment

trade journal noun

A periodical containing information and comment on a particular trade

trade-lastˈ noun (old US)

A compliment paid to someone which one offers to tell that person in exchange for a compliment heard about oneself

tradeˈmark or trade mark noun

1. Any name or distinctive device warranting goods for sale as the production of any individual or firm
2. A distinguishing characteristic or feature (figurative)

transitive verb

1. To label with a trademark
2. To register as a trademark

tradeˈmarked adjective

tradeˈname noun

1. A name serving as a trademark
2. A name in use in the trade
3. The name under which a company trades

tradeˈ-off noun

The giving up of one thing in return for another, usu as an act of compromise

trade-off study noun (aeronautics, space technol)

A logical evaluation, during the preliminary design process, of the pros and cons of alternative approaches and/or parameters which leads to the choice of the preferred ones

trade paper noun

A trade journal

trade paperback noun

A trade edition (qv above) of a paperback book

trade plate noun

A temporary number plate attached to a vehicle by dealers, etc prior to its being registered

trade price noun

The price at which goods are sold to members of the same trade, or by wholesale to retail dealers

trade route noun

A route followed by caravans or trading ships

trade sale noun

An auction sale of goods by producers, etc, to persons in the trade

trade school noun

A school teaching mainly skilled crafts

trade secret noun

A secret and successful formula, process, technique, etc known only to one manufacturer

tradesˈfolk plural noun

Tradespeople

tradesˈman or tradesˈwoman noun

1. A shopkeeper
2. A skilled worker
3. A mechanic

tradesˈmanlike adjective

• colourless
• colourlessly
• colour line
• colour lines
• colour-mag
• colour magazine
• colourman
• colour masking
• colourmen
• colour music
• colour organ
• colour organs
• colour parties
• colour party
• colour phase
• colourpoint
• colour reversal
• colours
• colour scheme
• colour schemes
• colour screen
• colour screens
• colour-sergeant
• colour subcarrier
• colour-sup