Trade

Adjective

 * 1) relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce;
 * a trade fair; trade journals; trade goods.

Noun

 * 1)  The commercial buying and selling of goods and services.
 * 2)  International buying and selling of goods and services.
 * 3)  Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
 * The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.
 * 1)  Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
 * It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade.
 * 1)  The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
 * He learned his trade as an apprentice.
 * 1)  A particular instance of buying or selling.
 * I did no trades with them once the rumors started.
 * 1)  An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
 * 2) *1989, Bruce Pandolfini, Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps, ISBN 0671656902, "Glossary" section, page 225 :
 * EXCHANGE — A trade or swap of no material profit to either side.
 * 1) *2009, Elliott Kalb and Mark Weinstein, The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time, ISBN 9781602396784, page 60 :
 * When Golden State matched the Knicks' offer sheet, the Warriors and Knicks worked out a trade that sent King to New York for Richardson.
 * 1)  The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
 * Even before noon there was considerable trade.
 * 1)  Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
 * They rode the trades going west.
 * 1)  A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
 * Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.

Derived terms

 * anti trade/anti-trade
 * balance of trade
 * basket trade
 * block trade
 * bullet trade
 * carbon trade
 * carriage trade
 * carry trade
 * carousel trade
 * cash and carry trade
 * coasting trade
 * countertrade
 * cross-trade
 * day trade
 * fair trade
 * free trade
 * horse trade
 * invisible trade
 * jack of all trades
 * out trade
 * paper trade
 * rag trade
 * restraint of trade
 * rough trade
 * reverse of trade
 * slave trade


 * spot trade
 * stock-in-trade
 * terms of trade
 * trade barrier
 * trade card
 * trade deficit
 * trade dispute
 * trade fair
 * trade magazine
 * trade mark/trademark
 * trade name
 * trade newspaper
 * trade-off
 * trade route
 * trade secret
 * trade show
 * trade standard
 * trade surplus
 * trade term
 * trade union
 * trade war
 * trade wind
 * trader
 * tradesman
 * tradesperson
 * uptick trade
 * visible trade

Synonyms

 * commerce
 * business
 * craft
 * deal, barter
 * patronage

Verb

 * 1) To engage in trade
 * This company trades in precious metal.
 * 1) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
 * stock trade
 * 1) To give (something) in exchange for.
 * Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?
 * 1) To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.

Derived terms

 * insider trading


 * trade in


 * tradable

Synonyms

 * deal
 * exchange, swap, switch
 * do business, make a deal
 * do business, make a deal

Adjectives for Trade
considerable; clandestine; immense; peaceable; savory; melancholy; depressed; dreadful; monstrous; profitable; flourishing; military; lucrative; constant; discordant; penitent; languishing; abominable; essential; harsh; vilest; illicit; wholesale; hereditary; doubtful; permanent; beastly; external; sedentary ; diverted; stagnated; unlawful; intermediary; earthly; reciprocal; thriving; frivolous; magnificent.

Verbs for Trade
abandon—; alienate—; augment—; blockade—; bolster—; cement—; conciliate—; cut into—; decrease—; discontinue—; disrupt—; dominate—; encourage—; endanger —; engage in—; establish—; expand—; facilitate—; foster—; hamper—; impede—; increase—; inspire—; make roads upon—; monopolize—; nurture—; originate—; ply —; promote—; pursue—; regiment—; relinquish—; restrain—; revive—; spur—; stimulate—; strangle—; strengthen—; stymie—; swamp with—; swell—; tackle; teach—; threaten— traffic in—; trample down—; —collapses —dwindles; —freezes; —jumps up; —lures —slumps.

Thesaurus
abalienate, agency, alien, alienate, alternate, amortize, argue, art, assign, backscratching, balance of trade, bandy, bargain, barter, bartering, be quits with, bequeath, big business, blind bargain, brokerage, business, business dealings, buy, buy and sell, buying and selling, calling, career, career building, careerism, carriage trade, cede, chaffer, change, clientage, clientele, commerce, commercial, commercial affairs, commercial relations, commute, compensate, confer, consign, convey, cooperate, counterchange, craft, custom, deal, deal with, dealing, dealings, deed, deed over, deliver, demise, devolve upon, dicker, do business, do business with, doing business, employment, enfeoff, even trade, exchange, fair trade, following, free trade, game, get back at, get even with, give, give and take, give in exchange, give title to, give-and-take, good name, goodwill, haggle, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, handicraft, hard bargain, have dealings with, have truck with, horse trade, horse trading, horse-trade, industrial, industry, interchange, intercourse, job, jobbing, lifework, line, line of business, line of work, logroll, logrolling, make a bargain, make a deal, make over, market, marketing, mercantile, mercantile business, mercantilism, merchandise, merchandising, merchant, merchantry, metier, mission, multilateral trade, mystery, negotiate, number, occupation, pass, pass on, pass over, patronage, patronize, pay back, permute, pork barrel, practice, profession, public, purchasing public, pursuit, racket, reciprocal trade, reciprocate, repute, requite, respond, restraint of trade, retail, retailing, retaliate, return, return the compliment, rural market, sell, settle, settle on, shop at, sign away, sign over, small business, specialization, specialty, substitute, suburban market, surrender, swap, swap horses, swapping, switch, take in exchange, the business world, the marketplace, trade at, trade in, trade off, trade sight unseen, trade with, trade-in, trading, traffic, traffic with, trafficking, transact business, transact business with, transfer, transmit, transpose, truck, turn over, unilateral trade, vocation, walk, walk of life, wheeling and dealing, wholesale, wholesaling, work, wrangle, youth market

Etymology
From trade:, cognate with  tredan:; See Online Etymology Dictionary

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: تجارة
 * Armenian: առևտուր
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 * Mandarin:, ,
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 * French:
 * German:, Kommerz
 * Hebrew: סחר, מסחר
 * Hindi: व्यापार, तिजारत
 * Hungarian:
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 * Japanese: ,


 * Korean: 무역 (貿易)
 * Macedonian: трговија
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: تجارت
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, коммерция
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: трговина, обход
 * Roman: trgovina, obhod
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వర్తకము (vartakamu), వాణిజ్యము (vaaNijyamu)
 * Thai: พาณิชย์, ธุรกิจ, การค้า
 * Urdu: تجارت
 * Vietnamese: buôn bán, thương mại, thương nghiệp


 * Dutch: arbeidsmarkt


 * Serbian: trgovci


 * Afrikaans: ambag
 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Macedonian: занает,
 * Norwegian: håndverk,


 * Polish:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: занат
 * Roman: zanat


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 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: тргување
 * Norwegian:
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 * Arabic: تجارة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Japanese:


 * Korean:
 * Manx: cochionneeaght
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Vietnamese: thương mại


 * : perniagaan, perdagangan
 * : comerţ, negoţ

Verb

 * Esperanto:


 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * adret, dater, derat, drate, rated, tared, tread

Anagrams

 * dater
 * tarde, tardé