traded

5 definitions • 11 examples

past simple and past participle of

to buy and sell goods or services, especially between countries:

trade with For centuries, Native Americans traded with European settlers.

trade in The company has been trading in oil for many years.

trading partner The two countries have become close trading partners.

Our books are traded throughout Asia.

to be bought and sold, or to buy and sell shares, on the stock exchange:

The volume of stocks traded today was very high.

trade actively Shares in the company traded actively.

to exchange something, or to stop using or doing something and start using or doing something else instead:

The children traded comics.

[ + 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).

If people trade statements of a particular type, they say or tell them to each other:

We sat around the dinner table, trading stories.

trade insults The two politicians didn't really discuss the issues, they just traded insults.