trade

See also tradé

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), cognate with Old English tredan (“tread”); See Online Etymology Dictionary

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tɹeɪd/, SAMPA: /'treId/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

trade (countable and uncountable; plural trades)

1. (uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
2. (countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.

   I did no trades with them once the rumors started.

3. (countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
   • 1989, Bruce Pandolfini, Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps, ISBN 0671656902, "Glossary" section, page 225 [1]:

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

   • 2009, Elliott Kalb and Mark Weinstein, The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time, ISBN 9781602396784, page 60 [2]:

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

4. (countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.

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

5. (countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.

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

6. (countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.

   He learned his trade as an apprentice.

7. (uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.

   Even before noon there was considerable trade.

8. (only as plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.

   They rode the trades going west.

9. (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.

   Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.

10. (uncountable, LGBT, slang) A brief sexual encounter.

    Josh picked up some trade last night.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Derived terms

terms derived from trade (noun)

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 off-trade on-trade 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

• (the commercial exchange of goods and services): commerce
• (the collective people who perform a particular kind of skilled work): business
• (the skilled practice of a practical occupation): craft
• (An instance of buying and selling): deal, barter
• (the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers): patronage

Translations

buying and selling

Afrikaans: ruil (af) Arabic: تجارة (ar) (tijaara) f. Armenian: առևտուր (hy) (aṙevtur) Bosnian: trgovina (bs) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 貿易 (cmn), 贸易 (cmn) (màoyì), 交易 (cmn) (jiāoyì) Croatian: trgovina (hr) f. Czech: obchod (cs) m. Danish: handel (da), byttehandel (da) Dutch: handel (nl) m. Finnish: kauppa (fi), kaupankäynti (fi) French: commerce (fr) m. German: Handel (de) m., Kommerz (de) f. Hebrew: סחר (he) (sakhar) m., מסחר (he) (miskhar) m. Hindi: व्यापार (hi) (vyāpār) m., तिजारत (hi) (tijārat) f. Hungarian: kereskedelem (hu) Italian: commercio (it) m. Japanese: 貿易 (ja) (ぼうえき, bōeki), 交易 (ja) (こうえき, kōeki)

Korean: 무역 (ko) (muyeok) (貿易 (ko)) Macedonian: трговија (mk) (trgóvija) f. Norwegian: handel (no) m. Persian: تجارت (fa) (tejârat) Polish: handel (pl) m. Portuguese: comércio (pt) m. Russian: торговля (ru) (torgóvlja) f., коммерция (ru) (kommércija) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: трговина (sh) f., обход (sh) m. Roman: trgovina (sh) f., obhod (sh) m. Spanish: comercio (es) m., gremio (es) m. Swedish: handel (sv) c. Telugu: వర్తకము (vartakamu), వాణిజ్యము (vaaNijyamu) Thai: พาณิชย์ (th) (paa-nít), ธุรกิจ (th) (tú-rá-gìt), การค้า (th) (gaan-káa) Urdu: تجارت (ur) (tijārat) f. Vietnamese: sự buôn bán (vi), thương mại (vi), thương nghiệp (vi)

instance of buying or selling

Afrikaans: handel (af) Chinese: Mandarin: 貿易 (cmn), 贸易 (cmn) (màoyì) Czech: obchod (cs) m. Danish: handel (da) c. Dutch: handel (nl) m. Finnish: kauppa (fi)

German: Handel (de) m. Japanese: 商売 (ja) (shōbai) Macedonian: тргување (mk) (trgúvanje) n. Norwegian: handel (no) m. Polish: transakcja (pl) f. Serbian: razmena (sr) f., izmena (sr) f.

instance of bartering

Finnish: vaihtokauppa (fi)

those who perform a particular kind of skilled work

Finnish: ammattikunta (fi), ammatti (fi)

those engaged in an industry

Finnish: ammattilaiset (fi) pl.

skilled practice of an occupation

Afrikaans: ambag Armenian: արհեստ (hy) (arhest) Bosnian: zanat (bs) m. Dutch: gilde (nl) m. Finnish: ammattitaito (fi), ammatti (fi) German: Handwerk (de) n. Macedonian: занает (mk) (zánaet) m., струка (mk) (strúka) f. Norwegian: håndverk (no) n., fag (no) n.

Polish: profesja (pl) f., zawód (pl) m., fach (pl) m. Romanian: meserie (ro) Russian: ремесло (ru) (r'emesló) n., профессия (ru) (prof'éssija) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: занат m. Roman: zanat m.

business given by customers

Arabic: تجارة (ar) (tijaara) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 貿易 (cmn), 贸易 (cmn) (màoyì), 商業 (cmn), 商业 (cmn) (shāngyè) Finnish: kauppa (fi) Japanese: 貿易 (ja) (ぼうえき, bōeki)

Korean: 무역 (ko) (muyeok) (貿易 (ko)) Manx: cochionneeaght (gv) f. Russian: торговля (ru) (torgóvlja) f. Serbian: trgovina (sr) f. Vietnamese: thương mại (vi)

steady winds above and below equator

Finnish: pasaati (fi), pasaatituuli (fi) Japanese: 貿易風 (ja) (bōekifū)

Russian: пассат (ru) (passát) m.

publication intended for participants in an industry

Finnish: ammattilehti (fi)

slang: brief sexual encounter

Finnish: poka (fi)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: arbeidsmarkt f. Indonesian: perniagaan, perdagangan Romanian: comerț, negoț Serbian: trgovci m. pl.

Verb

trade (third-person singular simple present trades, present participle trading, simple past and past participle traded)

1. To engage in trade

   This company trades in precious metal.

2. To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.

   stock trade

3. To give (something) in exchange for.

   Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?

4. To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the verb "trade"

insider trading

trade in

tradable

Synonyms

• (engage in the trade of): deal
• (be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions):
• (give something in exchange for): exchange, swap, switch
• (do business): do business, make a deal

Translations

exchange

Esperanto: interŝanĝi (eo) French: échanger (fr)

Spanish: comerciar (es)

See also

• buy
• sell

Anagrams

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

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Dutch

Verb

trade

1. singular past subjunctive of treden.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʁɛd/

Verb

trade

1. first-person singular present indicative of trader
2. third-person singular present indicative of trader
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of trader
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of trader
5. second-person singular imperative of trader

Anagrams

• dater
• tarde, tardé

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Latin

Verb

trāde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of trādō