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Definition trade in American English

trade noun

noun
/treɪd/
Example

The two leaders signed agreements on trade and cultural links.

Example

Global trade in manufactured goods has increased dramatically.

Example

Spain wants to develop its trade with the Philippines.

1.1

the amount of goods or services that a business buys and sells

Example

Butchers are doing a roaring trade in spiced sausages these days.

1.2

the activity of buying and selling stocks

Synonyms and related words
bear bearish bear market
Example

a trade accord/agreement/dispute

2

the exchange of one thing for another, usually of the same value

Synonyms and related words
exchange pass on trade in
2.1

the exchange of a sports player from one team for one player from another team

Example

an NFL trade

Synonyms and related words
bench be relegated call up
Example

the book/drug/jewelry trade

Synonyms and related words
account acquisition affiliate agronomics austerity boom
3.1

the people or companies who work in a particular business or industry

Example

We are wholesale dealers and we only sell to the trade.

3.2

a job or type of work that someone is trained to do

Example

He learned his trade in the 1960s.

Definition trade in American English

Related Words

Words related to trade:

balance of trade (noun) places (with someone) (phrase) do a roaring trade (in something) (phrase) fair trade (noun) free trade (noun) ply your trade (phrase) restraint of trade (noun) slave trade (noun) stock-in-trade (noun) terms of trade (noun) the rag trade (noun) the tools of the trade (phrase) the Trade Descriptions Act () the tricks of the trade (phrase) the World Trade Organization () trade (noun) trade (verb) trade agreement (noun) trade association (noun) trade (phrase) trade deficit (noun) trade discount (noun) trade down (phrasal verb) trade fair (noun) trade gap (noun) trade in (phrasal verb) trade name (noun) trade off (phrasal verb) trade on (phrasal verb) trade places (phrase) trade secret (noun) trade show (noun) trade surplus (noun) trade union (noun) trade up (phrasal verb) trade wind (noun) trade-in (noun) trade-off (noun)