Trade

/tɹeɪd/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable) The buying and selling of goods and services on a market..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
2. (countable) A particular instance of buying or selling, or a series of related transactions executed as a single investment.
3. (countable) An idea or strategy for an investment on a market.
4. (countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
5. (countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
6. (countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
7. (countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
8. (countable or uncountable) An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.

Example Sentences

I did no trades with them once the rumors started.

"Sell America" is the latest trade on Wall Street.

EXCHANGE — A trade or swap of no material profit to either side.

When Golden State matched the Knicks' offer sheet, the Warriors and Knicks worked out a trade that sent King to New York for Richardson.

The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.

But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.

It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade.

He learned his trade as an apprentice.

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• trades
• trading
• traded

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