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Definition trade

Etymology

From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, course”), from Old Saxon trada (“spoor, track”), from Proto-Germanic *trad? (“track, way”), and cognate with Old English tredan (“to tread”).

Noun

trade (countable and uncountable, plural trades)

1. (uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
2. (countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.
3. (countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
4. (countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
5. (countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
6. (countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
7. (countable or uncountable) An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
8. (uncountable, Britain) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
9. (chiefly in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
10. (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
11. (uncountable, LGBT, slang) A brief sexual encounter.
12. (obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of any occupation.
13. (mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
14. (obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
15. (obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.

Verb

trade (third-person singular simple present trades, present participle trading, simple past and past participle traded)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To engage in trade
2. (finance, intransitive, copulative) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
3. (transitive) To give (something) in exchange for.
4. (horticulture, transitive or intransitive) To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
5. (transitive, intransitive) To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
6. (intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).

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