trade (treɪd
)
Definitions
noun
- the act or an instance of buying and selling goods and services either on the domestic (wholesale and retail) markets or on the international (import, export, and entrepôt) markets mercantile
- a personal occupation, esp a craft requiring skill
- the people and practices of an industry, craft, or business
- exchange of one thing for something else
- the regular clientele of a firm or industry
- amount of custom or commercial dealings; business
- a specified market or business ⇒
the tailoring trade
- an occupation in commerce, as opposed to a profession
- commercial customers, as opposed to the general public ⇒
trade only
trade advertising
- homosexual slang a sexual partner or sexual partners collectively
- archaic a custom or habit
verb
- (tr) to buy and sell (commercial merchandise)
- to exchange (one thing) for another
- (intr) to engage in trade
- (intr) to deal or do business (with) ⇒
we trade with them regularly
adjective
- intended for or available only to people in industry or business ⇒
trade prices
Alternative Forms
ˈtradable ˈtradeable adjective ˈtradeless adjectiveWord Origin
C14 (in the sense: track, hence, a regular business): related to Old Saxon trada , Old High German trata track; see treadSynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations
- British English:
trade
Trade is the activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services between people, firms, or countries.The ministry had direct control over every aspect of foreign trade.treɪd NOUN The ministry had direct control over every aspect of foreign trade.
- Spanish:
comercio
nm
- French:
commerce
nm
- German:
Handel
nm
- Chinese: 贸易 n
- Arabic: تـِجَارَة n
- Portuguese: comércio nm
- Russian: торговля nf
- Croatian: trgovina nf
- Czech: obchod nm
- Danish: handel nutr
- Dutch: handel nm
- Finnish: kaupankäynti n
- Greek: εμπόριο nnt
- Italian: commercio nm
- Japanese: 商売 n
- Korean: 장사 n
- Norwegian: handel nm
- Polish: handel nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: comércio nm
- European Spanish:
comercio
nm
- Swedish: handel nutr
- Thai: การค้าขาย n
- Turkish: ticaret n
- Vietnamese: thương mại n
Usage examples
He told me about the disk and the trade , and I told him I thought he was insane.
, CHAMELEON (2002)A financial collapse, the rise of the Ottoman Empire and the loss of the gold trade all contributed to the decline of Barcelona.
Country Life (2005)Sometimes when questioned he would produce a confirmation that did not match the trade concerned.
Irish Times (2002)In addition, the huge American trade deficit should be hitting the dollar.
Glasgow Herald (2001)But in Canton, Lin smashed the domestic opium network; by early 1839, the trade seemed dead.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)