trade-last

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [treyd last, lahst]
- /treɪd læst, lɑst/
- /treɪd lɑːst/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [treyd last, lahst]
- /treɪd læst, lɑst/

Definitions of trade-last word

noun trade-last Informal Older Use. a compliment that one has heard and that one offers to tell the person so complimented under the condition that that person will first report a compliment made about oneself. Abbreviation: T.L. 1
noun trade-last a compliment that one has heard about someone, which one offers to tell to that person in exchange for a compliment heard about oneself 0

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Origin of trade-last

First appearance:

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Trade-last

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Trade-last

trade-last popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.