trade
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Is trade a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.Synonyms: commerceuncountable
2. (countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.Examples: "I did no trades with them once the rumors started."Synonyms: deal, bartercountable
3. (countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.Examples: "EXCHANGE — A trade or swap of no material profit to either side."; "When Golden State matched the Knicks' offer sheet, the Warriors and Knicks worked out a trade that sent King to New York for Richardson."countable
4. (countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.Examples: "The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions."; "But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal."Synonyms: businesscountable
5. (countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.Examples: "It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade."countable
6. (countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.Examples: "He learned his trade as an apprentice."; "In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade"Synonyms: craftcountable
verb (English)
1. (ambitransitive) To engage in trade.Examples: "This company trades (in) precious metal."; "He withdrew money to his bank account after several years of trading stocks on E-Trade."; "[…]a free port, where Nations warring with one another resorted with their Goods, and traded as in a neutral Country."Synonyms: dealambitransitive
2. (finance, intransitive, copulative) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.Examples: "Apple is trading at $200."; "ExxonMobil trades on the NYSE."; "The stock is trading rich relative to its sector."copulativeintransitive
3. (transitive, with for) To give (something) in exchange (for).Examples: "Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?"Synonyms: exchange, swap, switch, trucktransitive
4. (transitive) To mutually exchange (something) (with).Examples: "The rival schoolboys traded insults and punches."; "The [Halo effect] strikes our combined fleets. All ships piloted by biologicals are now [adrift]. I can trade Mendicant ship for ship now and still prevail."; "Kalinin Bay is also in trouble, trading fire with Japanese destroyers and taking hits from both them and cruisers at the same time. Unlike the Gambier Bay, however, it does not appear that these ships have realized they need to switch to high explosive from armor-piercing, and, despite being riddled with shellfire, the ship stays afloat, despite this rather-unequal battering going on for another twenty to thirty minutes."transitive
5. (transitive, with on) To use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit.Examples: "Some musicians try to trade on their past success by playing the same hits over and over again."Synonyms: exploit, capitalize on, take advantage of, use, leverage, benefit from, make use of, milktransitivewith-on
6. (horticulture, transitive or intransitive) To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.intransitivetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary