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trade  (trd)
n.
1. The business of buying and selling commodities; commerce. See Synonyms at business.
2. The people working in or associated with a business or industry: a textile-exporting publication for the trade.
3. The customers of a specified business or industry; clientele.
4. The act or an instance of buying or selling; transaction.
5. An exchange of one thing for another.
6. An occupation, especially one requiring skilled labor; craft: the building trades, including carpentry, masonry, plumbing, and electrical installation.
7. The trade winds. Often used in the plural with the.
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: 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 (stock, 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.]
trada·ble, tradea·ble adj.


trade  /tred/  n. 1 [U] commerce in general: Trade between the two countries is active. 2 [C] an exchange: She made a trade of her bicycle to a friend for a CD player. 3 [C] a business transaction: Brokers make trades on the stock exchange. 4 [C] a type of work, skill: His trade is as a carpenter (plumber, electrician, etc.). 5 [U] the customers of a business: The trade at that fancy store is rich. 6 stock in trade: ones occupation or behavior: His stock in trade is inventing new electronic products.
v. traded, trading, trades 1 [I;T] to exchange: I traded a computer for a bicycle. 2 [I;T] to transact: Brokers trade on stock (commodity, currency, etc.) exchanges. 3 [I;T] to engage in business: She trades in farm equipment. 4 phrasal v. insep. [T] to trade on s.t.: to rely on, make good use of: She trades on her honesty, and her customers trust her for it. 5 phrasal v. sep. [T] to trade s.t. in: to use property as partial payment: He traded in his old car while buying a new one.||He traded it in. 6 phrasal v. [I;T] to trade up: to buy s.t. better than one had before, such as a car or house: He traded up by selling his house and buying a bigger, more expensive new one. trade
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