Definitions for trade

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Spelling: [treyd]

IPA: /treɪd/

Trade is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in trade (adert).

Definitions for trade

noun

1. the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
2. the act of buying, selling, or exchanging stocks, bonds, or currency:
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:
6. any occupation pursued as a business or livelihood.
7. some line of skilled manual or mechanical work; craft:
8. people engaged in a particular line of business:
9. market:
10. a field of business activity:
11. the customers of a business establishment.
12. Informal. trade paper.
13. trades, trade wind (def 1).

adjective

1. of or relating to trade or commerce.
2. used by, serving, or intended for a particular trade:
3. Also, trades. of, composed of, or serving the members of a trade:

Verb phrases

1. trade down, to exchange a more valuable or desirable item for a less valuable or desirable one.
2. trade in, to give (a used article) as payment to be credited toward a purchase:
3. trade off, to exchange something for or with another.
4. trade on/upon, to turn to one's advantage, especially selfishly or unfairly; exploit:
5. trade up, to exchange a less valuable or desirable item for a more valuable or desirable one.

verb (used with object)

1. to buy and sell; barter; traffic in.
2. to exchange:
3. Sports. to transfer (a player under contract) from one team to another:

verb (used without object)

1. to carry on trade.
2. to be bought, sold, or exchanged:
3. to traffic (usually followed by in):
4. to make an exchange.
5. to make one's purchases; shop; buy.

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

Examples for trade

I'll trade this chestnut—and he's a fine traveler—with a good price to boot.

Very well; bring me what you have at that hour, and we'll strike a trade.

But Brinsley is unconvinced and the two trade terse responses.

There was really only one good reason to maintain the embargo: trade with Cuba strengthens the Castros.

But only Congress has the ability to completely lift the trade embargo, which has been in place since 1962.

The screenwriting was one last card Brinsley was trying to play after every other trade he tried had turned to zeroes.

It is another brother of his, who follows the trade of carpenter.

Mr. Bright, contrary to all expectation, became President of the Board of trade.

That sort o' trade, ye see, miss, the demand's not steady in it.

Rebels in Africa trade in children to fund their conflicts and obtain child soldiers.