trade
Meaning of trade
- the action of buying and selling goods and services.
a move to ban all trade in ivory
a significant increase in foreign trade
- a job requiring manual skills and special training.
the fundamentals of the construction trade
he's a carpenter by trade
- a trade wind.
the north-east trades
- buy and sell goods and services.
middlemen trading in luxury goods
- exchange (something) for something else, typically as a commercial transaction.
they trade mud-shark livers for fish oil
late Middle English (as a noun): from Middle Low German, literally ‘track’, of West Germanic origin; related to tread. Early senses included ‘course, way of life’, which gave rise in the 16th century to ‘habitual practice of an occupation’, ‘skilled handicraft’. The current verb senses date from the late 16th century.
Information about trade
- The plural form of trade is: trades.
- Languages in which trade is used:
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Hyphenation of trade
trade
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- trade is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
trade synonyms
Meaning craft:
Meaning barter:
Meaning deal:
Meaning patronage:
Meaning merchandise:
Meaning swap:
Meaning the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale:
Meaning a personal connection or association with someone:
Meaning the action of dealing or trading in something illegal:
Meaning deal or trade in something illegal:
Meaning a person's regular occupation, profession, or trade:
Meaning the action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising:
Meaning the activity of promoting the sale of goods, especially by their presentation in retail outlets:
Meaning negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction:
Meaning an instance of buying or selling something:
Meaning discussion aimed at reaching an agreement:
Meaning an event or a series of activities involving a set procedure:
Meaning a job or profession:
Meaning a paid position of regular employment:
Meaning an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress:
Meaning a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification:
Meaning an activity of a specified kind, especially a recreational or sporting one:
Meaning an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it:
Meaning a means of securing the necessities of life:
Meaning an area or branch of activity:
Meaning a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation:
Meaning a profession or occupation:
Meaning a principal administrative division of a country or empire:
Meaning an area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences:
Meaning mental or physical activity as a means of earning income; employment:
Meaning a person's trade or profession:
Meaning advertise or promote (something):
Meaning try to sell (something, especially small goods) by going from place to place:
Meaning (of a person) hunt game with a trained hawk:
Meaning attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach:
Meaning beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment:
Meaning move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time:
Meaning (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system):
Meaning give something and receive something of the same kind in return:
Meaning use or add in place of:
Meaning take the place of:
Meaning convey by truck:
Translation of trade
- French: troquer, échanger, commerce, commercial, artisanat, métier
- German: tauschen, eintauschen, austauschen, Handel
- Spanish: intercambiar, comercio, oficio
- Italian: scambiare, commercio, scambio, mestiere
- Portuguese: comércio, ofício
Anagrams of trade
adret, dater, derat, detar, drate, rated, Tarde, tarde, tared, Tedra, tread
Words that rhyme with trade
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