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Trade

noun

1.

The commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services. "They are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"

2.

The skilled practice of a practical occupation. Synonym: craft.

3.

The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers. Synonym: patronage.

4.

A particular instance of buying or selling. Synonyms: business deal, deal. "I had no further trade with him" , "He's a master of the business deal"

5.

People who perform a particular kind of skilled work. Synonym: craft. "As they say in the trade"

6.

Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator. Synonym: trade wind.

7.

An equal exchange. Synonyms: barter, swap, swop.

verb

(past & past part. traded; pres. part. trading)

1.

Engage in the trade of. Synonym: merchandise.

2.

Turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase. Synonym: trade in.

3.

Be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.

4.

Exchange or give (something) in exchange for. Synonyms: swap, switch, swop.

5.

Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood. Synonyms: deal, sell. "The brothers sell shoes"

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"Trade" Quotes from Famous Books

... factor in that is his detestation of Randall. It's quite common here for fellows to get the regulars to clean their guns, and there's more to be said for that than for many other indulgences: at least it's better for the rifles. The regulars drive a good little trade of this kind, and David has twice sent out his piece to be laundered, as it were. But I know that he perceived that the sentiment of the squad is against it, and I think he's sensitive enough to understand the ...

— At Plattsburg • Allen French

... much bigger than the holes in Jimmy's socks. Uncle Al shaking his head and saying sadly, "Some day, young fella, I ain't gonna sit here harmonizing. No siree! I'm gonna buy myself a brand new store suit, trade in this here jig jug for a big round banjo, and hie myself off to the Mardi Gras. Ain't too old thataway to git a little fun out of life, ...

— The Mississippi Saucer • Frank Belknap Long

... Fuego. At the very southern tip of this is Cape Horn. This is a gigantic rock fourteen hundred feet high that juts out into the ocean and the great waves that continually lash against it make it perhaps the most dreaded spot by sailors in all the trade routes of the world. On all sides are wrecked vessels and this rock has been named the Giant ...

— Birdseye Views of Far Lands • James T. Nichols

... conscious of a desire to kick something. That evening, after a bleak supper at a marble-topped restaurant table, he tried to divert himself by going to see a play; he saw so many other things that he came out in the middle of it. "I guess I can get all the anatomy I want in my trade," he told himself; and sat down in the station to await ...

— The Awakening of Helena Richie • Margaret Deland

... purchased; our executive prevents piratical expeditions against the lands of neighboring States as feebly and slowly as if it connived at them; we pick quarrels to gain conquests; and at length, after more than half a century of public condemnation of the slave-trade, after being the first to brand it as piracy, we hear the revival of the trade advocated as a right, as a necessity. Is it not desirable that the sense of justice, which seems fading out of the national mind before views of political expediency or destiny, should be deepened and made ...

— Choice Specimens of American Literature, And Literary Reader - Being Selections from the Chief American Writers • Benj. N. Martin

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