26984 words

trade

34 definitions • 74 examples
1
the activity of buying and selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people or countries:

Examples:

trade in The country's trade in manufactured goods has expanded in the last ten years.
trade with 70 percent of the country's trade is with Europe.
trade agreement The two countries have signed a trade agreement for one year only.
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Examples:

Since the supermarket opened, many small local shops have lost up to 50 percent of their trade.
roaring/brisk trade in In hot weather, shops do a roaring/brisk trade in (= sell a lot of) cold drinks and ice cream.
This level of confidence in the economy is good for trade generally.
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Examples:

the trade the building/catering/tourist trade
the book/car/fur trade
in a trade He worked in the same trade all his life.
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a job, especially one that needs special skill, that involves working with your hands:

Examples:

She went to college to learn a trade.
by trade He's a carpenter by trade.
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the people who work in a particular business or industry or in the same one:

Examples:

in the trade People who work in the trade can buy their books at a discount.
The company only supplies its goods to the (building/catering) trade, not direct to the public.
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used to refer to the publishing of books, etc. that are aimed at the general public:

Examples:

trade publishing My friend just moved to trade publishing after years in academic publishing.
trade fiction The paperback edition has been on the Times's trade fiction bestseller list for nearly thirty weeks.
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a newspaper, etc. produced for people working in a particular business or industry:

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Examples:

trade in The company has been trading in oil for many years.
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to be bought and sold, or to buy and sell shares, on the stock exchange:

Examples:

The volume of stocks traded today was very high.
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to exchange something, or to stop using or doing something and start using or doing something else instead:

Examples:

[ + two objects ] I'll trade you some of my chocolate for some of your ice cream.
trade someone/something for someone/something I wouldn't trade you for the world (= I do not want a different partner).
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If people trade statements of a particular type, they say or tell them to each other:

Examples:

We sat around the dinner table, trading stories.
trade insults The two politicians didn't really discuss the issues, they just traded insults.
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Examples:

[ U ] foreign trade
[ U ] a trade agreement
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A trade is the act of exchanging one thing for another.
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a job, esp. one that needs special skill and that involves working with your hands, or the type of work in which such skills are needed:

Examples:

[ C ] the building trades
[ U ] He’s an auto mechanic/electrician by trade.
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A trade is also any business:

Examples:

[ C ] the book/tourist trade
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to buy, sell, or exchange goods:

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To trade is also to exchange something:

Examples:

[ T ] The children traded comics.
[ T ] The two players traded insults and nearly came to blows.
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If you trade something in, such as a car, you give it as part of the payment for something new:

Examples:

[ M ] He recently traded in his Jeep for a red Mercedes.
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the buying and selling of goods between people, companies, or countries:

Examples:

trade between sb and sb The policy is intended to increase trade between India and southeast Asia.
trade in sth The country's trade in manufactured goods has expanded in the last ten years.
the minister for trade and industry
trade concessions/liberalization
20

Examples:

Members of the building trade have opposed the measure.
the catering/retail/tourist trade
the car/diamond/fur trade
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a country's imports and exports in a particular period:

Examples:

The dollar has been boosted by two months of better American trade figures.
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Examples:

lose/boost trade Many small local shops have lost up to 50% of their trade since the supermarket opened.
Trade is always slow in the winter months.
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a job, especially one that needs special skill and involves working with your hands:

Examples:

He's an electrician by trade.
She wants to go to college and learn a trade.
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a situation in which you exchange something that you own for something that you want:

Examples:

Does anyone want to do a trade for my mobile phone?
We have hundreds of CDs available for sale or trade.
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the activity of buying and selling shares, investments, etc. or an occasion when people do this:

Examples:

EBS claims to broker about 10,000 trades a day.
afternoon/morning trade was brisk.
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to sell a lot of something:

Examples:

We do a roaring trade in ice-creams during the hot weather.
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a particular business or industry, and the people who work in it:

Examples:

People who work in the trade can buy their books at a discount.
a trade journal/magazine
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to buy and sell goods or services:

Examples:

be traded between sb and sb The plan knocks down tariffs on goods traded between the two countries.
trade with sb All councils trade electronically with their suppliers.
trade in sth Besides trading in goods, we also trade in services.
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to give something that you own as part of the payment for something that you buy, especially a new type of the same product:

Examples:

trade sth for sth I traded my car for a new vehicle.
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to exist and operate as a business:

Examples:

trade as sth The company trades as 'Pioneer Clothing'.
The business traded under the name of College Crackers.
The supermarket ceased trading in 2009.
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to buy and sell shares on a stock market:

Examples:

Investors will be offered the choice of three ways to trade.
Around 95,000 long gilt contracts were traded on Liffe today.
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to be bought and sold on a stock market:

Examples:

Only six months ago the shares were trading as high as 35.5p.
Foreign stock markets were trading down about 2%.
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to exchange something, or to stop doing or using something and start doing or using something else instead:

Examples:

trade sth for sth Most investors would trade a steadily climbing market for a volatile index any day.
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to buy goods or do your shopping at a particular store:

Examples:

We don't trade at his store anymore.

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