trade
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English trade, introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade, from osx trada, from Proto-Germanic *tradō, and cognate with Old English tredan; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-.
Pronunciation- IPA: /tɹeɪd/
trade
- (uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
- Synonyms: commerce
- (countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.
- I did no trades with them once the rumors started.
- Synonyms: deal, barter
- (countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
- (countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
- The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.
- Synonyms: business
- (countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
- It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade.
- (countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
- 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:
- In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
- He learned his trade as an apprentice.
- Synonyms: craft
- 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:
- (countable or uncountable) An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
- After failing his entrance exams, he decided to go into a trade.
- Most veterans went into trade when the war ended.
- (uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
- Even before noon there was considerable trade.
- Synonyms: patronage
- (mostly, in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
- They rode the trades going west.
- (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
- Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.
- (uncountable, gay slang) A masculine man available for casual sex with men, often for pay. (Compare rough trade.)
- Josh picked up some trade last night.
- (obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of any occupation.
- (mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
- (obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
- (obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene i]:
- Thy sin's not accidental but a trade.
- French: commerce
- German: Handel, Kommerz
- Italian: commercio
- Portuguese: comércio
- Russian: торго́вля
- Spanish: comercio, gremio, compraventa
- French: corps de métier
- German: Facharbeiter
- Portuguese: ofício
- French: ouvriers, techniciens
- German: Passat, Passatwind
- Russian: пасса́т
- French: presse spécialisée
trade (trades, present participle trading; simple past and past participle traded)
- (ambitransitive) To engage in trade.
- Synonyms: deal
- This company trades (in) precious metal.
- (finance, intransitive, copulative) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
- Apple is trading at $200.
- ExxonMobil trades on the NYSE.
- The stock is trading rich relative to its sector.
- (transitive, with for) To give (something) in exchange (for).
- Synonyms: exchange, swap, switch, truck
- Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?
- (transitive) To mutually exchange (something) (with).
- The rival schoolboys traded insults.
- (transitive, with on) To use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit.
- Synonyms: exploit, capitalize on, take advantage of, use, leverage, benefit from, make use of, milk
- Some musicians try to trade on their past success by playing the same hits over and over again.
- (gardening, transitive or intransitive) To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
- (ambitransitive) To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
- Synonyms: do business
- (intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene v]:
- Saucy and over bold, how did you dare / To trade and traffic with Macbeth
- (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
- Synonyms: exchange
- French: commercer
- German: handeln
- Italian: commerciare, trafficare
- Spanish: comerciar, mercadear
- Russian: эксплуати́ровать
trade (not comparable)
- Of a product, produced for sale in the ordinary bulk retail trade and hence of only the most basic quality.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC ↗:
- "It is monstrous - grotesque." "But what made him draw such an animal?" "Trade gin, I should think."
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