trade

trade1 [ treıd ] noun ***

1. ) uncount the activities of buying and selling goods or services:

The two leaders signed agreements on trade and cultural links.

trade in: Global trade in manufactured goods has increased dramatically.

trade with: Spain wants to develop its trade with the Philippines.

a ) singular the amount of goods and services that a business buys and sells:

a roaring trade (=a very good trade): Butchers are doing a roaring trade in spiced sausages these days.

b ) count the activity of buying and selling STOCKS

c ) only before noun relating to the activities of buying and selling:

a trade accord/agreement/dispute

2. ) count the exchange of one thing for another, usually of the same value

a ) AMERICAN the exchange of a sports player from one team for one player from another team:

an NFL trade

3. ) count a particular area of business or industry:

the book/drug/jewelry trade

a ) singular or uncount the people or companies who work in a particular business or industry:

We are wholesale dealers and we only sell to the trade.

b ) count a job or type of work that someone is trained to do:

He learned his trade in the 1960s.

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trade

trade 2 [ treıd ] verb ***

1. ) intransitive to buy or sell goods or services:

trade in: Stan trades in fossils from many countries.

trade with: We need to trade with Eastern Europe more.

a ) intransitive to operate as a business:

The two businesses will continue to trade under their original name.

b ) intransitive or transitive to buy or sell STOCKS:

Lucent stock was heavily traded today.

2. ) transitive to exchange something you have for something else:

Tony traded his computer for a bike.

a ) AMERICAN to exchange a sports player from one team for a player from another team:

He was traded to Kansas City in 1993.

trade blows/insults

if people trade blows or insults, they hit or insult each other

trade places

to move into someone else's place or position:

I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone in politics.

,trade `down phrasal verb intransitive or transitive

to sell something in order to buy something of the same kind that is less expensive

,trade `in phrasal verb transitive

to give something old as part of the payment for something new:

She traded in her old Ford for a new Honda.

,trade `off phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to accept a disadvantage so that you can have a benefit:

They traded off a positive rate of inflation for a lower unemployment rate.

2. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL to share a responsibility or piece of work between two or more people, each doing some of the work in turn

`trade on phrasal verb transitive

trade on something to get an advantage by making use of something:

They are trading on their reputation.

,trade `up phrasal verb intransitive or transitive

to sell something in order to buy something of the same kind that is more expensive:

We want to trade up our apartment for a house.