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Definitions for Trade

[1] 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.
[2] the act of buying, selling, or exchanging stocks, bonds, or currency: Stock brokerages typically charge a commission per trade.
[3] a purchase or sale; business deal or transaction.
[4] an exchange of items, usually without payment of money.
[5] Sports . the transfer of a player or players among professional teams: a midseason trade.
[6] any occupation pursued as a business or livelihood.
[7] some line of skilled manual or mechanical work; craft: the trade of a carpenter; printer's trade.
[8] people engaged in a particular line of business: a lecture of interest only to the trade.
[9] market: an increase in the tourist trade.
[10] a field of business activity: a magazine for the furniture trade.
[11] the customers of a business establishment.
[12] Informal . trade paper.
[13] trades. trade wind(def 1) .
[14] to buy and sell; barter; traffic in.
[15] to exchange: to trade seats.
[16] Sports . to transfer (a player under contract) from one team to another: The manager traded two defensive players at the end of the season.
[17] to carry on trade.
[18] to be bought, sold, or exchanged: Stocks traded lower after the release of the jobs report.
[19] to traffic (usually followed by in ): a tyrant who trades in human lives.
[20] to make an exchange.
[21] to make one's purchases; shop; buy.
[22] of or relating to trade or commerce.
[23] used by, serving, or intended for a particular trade: trade journal.
[24] Also trades. of, composed of, or serving the members of a trade: a trade club.
[25] trade down , to exchange a more valuable or desirable item for a less valuable or desirable one.
[26] trade in , to give (a used article) as payment to be credited toward a purchase: We trade in our car every three years.
[27] trade off , to exchange something for or with another.
[28] trade on /upon , to turn to one's advantage, especially selfishly or unfairly; exploit: to trade on the weaknesses of others.
[29] trade up , to exchange a less valuable or desirable item for a more valuable or desirable one.
[30] 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 Related adjective: mercantile
[31] a personal occupation, esp a craft requiring skill
[32] the people and practices of an industry, craft, or business
[33] exchange of one thing for something else
[34] the regular clientele of a firm or industry
[35] amount of custom or commercial dealings; business
[36] a specified market or business the tailoring trade
[37] an occupation in commerce, as opposed to a profession
[38] commercial customers, as opposed to the general public trade only ; trade advertising
[39] homosexual slang a sexual partner or sexual partners collectively
[40] archaic a custom or habit
[41] (tr) to buy and sell (commercial merchandise)
[42] to exchange (one thing) for another
[43] (intr) to engage in trade
[44] (intr) to deal or do business (with) we trade with them regularly
[45] intended for or available only to people in industry or business trade prices

Words related to Trade

commerce, transaction, deal, business, exchange, industry, contract, traffic, enterprise, market, employment, patronage, interchange, barter, clientele, custom, truck, swap, public, dealing

Words nearby Trade

tractorfeed, tractotomy, tractrix, tracy, trad, trade, trade acceptance, trade agreement, trade association, trade balance, trade barrier

Origin of Trade

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

Other words from Trade

trad·a·ble , trade·a·ble , adjective
trade·less , adjective
in·ter·trade , noun, verb, in·ter·trad·ed, in·ter·trad·ing.
non·trade , noun
non·trad·ing , adjective
pro·trade , adjective
re·trade , verb, re·trad·ed, re·trad·ing, noun
un·der·trade , verb, un·der·trad·ed, un·der·trad·ing.
un·trad·a·ble , adjective
un·trade·a·ble , adjective
un·trad·ed , adjective
un·trad·ing , adjective

Word origin for Trade

C14 (in the sense: track, hence, a regular business): related to Old Saxon trada , Old High German trata track; see tread

Synonyms for Trade

business, commerce, contract, deal, enterprise, exchange, industry, market, traffic, transaction, barter, clientele, custom, customers, dealing, interchange, patronage, public, sales, swap, truck, merchantry