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- [treyd]
- /treɪd/
- /treɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [treyd]
- /treɪd/
Definitions of trade word
- noun trade the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade. 1
- noun trade the act of buying, selling, or exchanging stocks, bonds, or currency: Stock brokerages typically charge a commission per trade. 1
- noun trade a purchase or sale; business deal or transaction. 1
- noun trade an exchange of items, usually without payment of money. 1
- noun trade Sports. the transfer of a player or players among professional teams: a midseason trade. 1
- noun trade any occupation pursued as a business or livelihood. 1
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Origin of trade
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; 1540-50 for def 6; Middle English: course, path, track < Middle Low German, Middle Dutch (Old Saxon trada), cognate with Old High German trata; akin to tread
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Parts of speech for Trade
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
trade popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
trade usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for trade
noun trade
- an eye for an eye — You say 'an eye for an eye' or 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' to refer to the idea that people should be punished according to the way in which they offended, for example if they hurt someone, they should be hurt equally badly in return.
- artifact — any object made by human work; esp., a simple or primitive tool, weapon, vessel, etc.
- artisanship — the occupation or product of a craftsperson or artisan
- art — Art consists of paintings, sculpture, and other pictures or objects which are created for people to look at and admire or think deeply about.
- ashlar — a block of hewn stone with straight edges for use in building
verb trade
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bargain — Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.
- barter — If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money.
adj trade
- commercial — Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
- in demand — popular, wanted, sought after
- mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
adjective trade
- corporate — Corporate means relating to business corporations or to a particular business corporation.
- industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- wholesaling — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
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