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trading

trade
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [treyd]
    • /treɪd/
    • /ˈtreɪdɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [treyd]
    • /treɪd/

Definitions of trading word

  • noun trading 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 trading the act of buying, selling, or exchanging stocks, bonds, or currency: Stock brokerages typically charge a commission per trade. 1
  • noun trading a purchase or sale; business deal or transaction. 1
  • noun trading an exchange of items, usually without payment of money. 1
  • noun trading Sports. the transfer of a player or players among professional teams: a midseason trade. 1
  • noun trading any occupation pursued as a business or livelihood. 1

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Origin of trading

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 Trading

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

trading 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".

trading usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for trading

noun trading

  • bargaining — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
  • clientage — a body of clients; clientele.
  • commercialism — Commercialism is the practice of making a lot of money from things without caring about their quality.
  • consumerism — Consumerism is the belief that it is good to buy and use a lot of goods.

adj trading

  • 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 trading

  • 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).

Top questions with trading

  • how to trading stocks?
  • what is free trading?

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