Trade

verb

treɪd

Noun

steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
“they rode the trade winds going west”
people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
“as they say in the trade”
Similar:Craft
Type of:ClassStratum
a particular instance of buying or selling
“I had no further trade with him”
Similar:Deal
Type of:TransactionDealingDealings
the skilled practice of a practical occupation
“he learned his trade as an apprentice”
Similar:Craft
Type of:JobBusinessOccupation
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
“Venice was an important center of trade with the East”
“they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade”
Type of:CommerceCommercialismMercantilism
an equal exchange
Similar:Barter Swap Swop
Type of:ExchangeInterchange
the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
Similar:Patronage
Type of:Business

turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
“trade in an old car for a new one”
Type of:ChangeExchangeInterchange
be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
“The stock traded around $20 a share”
Type of:Sell
exchange or give (something) in exchange for
Similar:Swap Switch Swop
Type of:ChangeInterchangeExchange
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
Similar:Deal Sell
Type of:Transact
engage in the trade of
Similar:Merchandise