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Meaning trade meaning

What does trade mean?
Definitions in simple English

trade Verb

— When two people trade, one gives something to the other and the other gives something to the first one. They make an exchange. Sometimes money is one of the things.

trade Noun

— Trade is the buying and selling of goods. Trade between Canada and the US is at its highest level in years. — A trade is the act of trading. I think I made a good trade. — A trade is a job that needs a special skill to do. The carpenters trade involves making things from wood. He went to trade school to become a plumber.

trade

— noun the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services Venice was an important center of trade with the East they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade — noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation he learned his trade as an apprentice — noun (= patronage) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers even before noon there was a considerable patronage — verb (= trade in) turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase trade in an old car for a new one — verb (= merchandise) engage in the trade of he is merchandising telephone sets — noun (= deal, business deal) a particular instance of buying or selling it was a package deal I had no further trade with him he's a master of the business deal — verb exchange or give (something) in exchange for — verb be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions The stock traded around $20 a share — noun (= craft) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work he represented the craft of brewers as they say in the trade — noun (= trade wind) steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator they rode the trade winds going west — verb (= deal, sell) do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood She deals in gold The brothers sell shoes — noun (= barter) an equal exchange we had no money so we had to live by barter

Synonyms trade synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as trade?

trade English » English

commerce business barter exchange occupation profession deal craft traffic swap sell handicraft transaction buy and sell do business transact swop buying and selling vocation negotiate interchange deal in commercial trading shop merchandise dealings industry bargain transactions switch buy work trade in calling business deal vend sales sale peddle market job dealing change career art workmanship trade wind skill retailer

Topics trade topics

What do people use trade to talk about?
Work and occupation Business organization

Commerce
Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction

Exchange, trade
Work and occupation

Occupation
Grammar Case Semantically similar events

Each other
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind
Social behavior Social activity Social event

Ceremony
Social behavior Government

Government functions
Work and occupation Business organization

Marketing

Conjugation trade conjugation

How do you conjugate trade?

trade · verb

Examples trade examples

How do I use trade in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The store lost its trade to the supermarket.
The country's foreign trade totally depends on this port.
John likes to trade stamps with his friends.
Abraham Lincoln's father was a carpenter by trade.
We are having an international trade fair this month.
The nation's trade balance improved last year as exports were strong, while imports remained steady.
Trade between the two countries has been steadily growing.
Japan's trade surplus soared to a record high.
Japan does a lot of trade with Britain.
Japan does a lot of trade with Canada.
Japan has much trade with the USA.
He has been engaged in foreign trade for twenty years.
Trade barriers were lifted after the war ended.
The company stands for free trade.
Americans accumulated their trade deficits by living far beyond their means.
The trade imbalance between two nations should be improved.
Trade companies aim at a new market in Asia.
Two of a trade seldom agree.
Japan has a lot of trade with Canada.
Japan depends on foreign trade.
Trade helps nations develop.
Terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York City in 2001.
Trade between two countries can be complex.
There has been a large increase in trade between the United States and China.

Movie subtitles

The main purpose of these visits was not so much to trade, but to assert Chinese supremacy.
As England's population growth accelerated in the late 1 7th century, trade brought an influx of new nutrients like potatoes and sugar, while colonisation allowed the emigration of surplus people.
In contrast, by turning away from foreign trade and intensifying rice cultivation, the Chinese were stuck with rising population, falling incomes and declining nutrition, height and productivity.
In 1 793, the 1 st Earl Macartney led an expedition to the Qianlong Emperor, in a vain effort to persuade the Chinese to re-open their empire to trade.
China had to pay an indemnity of 21 million silver dollars, cede the island of Hong Kong, and open five ports to British trade, including this one.
And in a competition for control of the Asian spice trade, capitalism was born and, with it, the foundation for a world dominated by Western civilization.
It's one of the very few perks of our trade, and not one we all get to take advantage of.
It would be a terrible trade to lose that account over 31,000 clicks.
Make some bigger deal? Trade on her secrets?
We discussed a stock market trade that would soon make me rich.
We should organize a trade union!..
Must have done a big trade in wolf pelts. Yes, we had a big trade with the wolfers.
No relation to John, Joe, trade or mark.
We've dealt with them for 2 centuries, since my ancestors came from Leghorn to trade between Barbary Coast pirates and Italian merchants.
Trade is safer.
Trade on her secrets?
From the depth of the country, after a successful trade at last.
My client. -Your client is a great actress. I'm sure some of her tears are real, but her exaggerated emotions are characteristic of her trade.
Must've done a big trade in wolf pelts this year.
Trade cattle.
No relation to John, Joe, Trade or Mark.
I'm in the textile trade, and I know.
They come to trade.
All right, let's trade them.
Do they always sing like that when they come to trade?
Medicines, trade goods.
He's offering to trade six of his women for Ann.
You think he'll trade for these?
The thing is, they can never stop the peanut butter trade.
Now, how did you get involved with the PBJ trade?
Look, Nick, what Johnny's doing is wrong, but the way the whole peanut trade works is even wronger.
What's your trade secret? From Gim Hang A to Jae Sin, How did you seduce them?
Your North. what must they do in order to survive on this Earth? That's my trade secret.
We discussed a stock market trade, that would soon make me rich.
I'LL TRADE YOU FOR THE PICTURE FIRST, AND I'LL TRADE YOU FOR MY FREEDOM AFTER THAT.
I WON'T TRADE WITH YOU.
He saw it on Park Avenue, so he thinks if he puts it up, he'll get trade from our rich neighbors.

News and current affairs

Some have argued instead that gold's long upward march has been partly driven by the development of new financial instruments that make it easier to trade and speculate in gold.
Neoliberals attacked the expense of entitlement programs and the vested interests of trade unions.
WASHINGTON, DC - The negotiations to create a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States are being widely welcomed.
Indeed, our research shows that when mutual-recognition agreements include restrictive rules of origin, intra-regional trade increases - at the expense of trade with other countries - and that developing countries tend to suffer most.
In a wider context this could lead to a strengthening of the so-called Northern Dimension of the EU, where the goal is a free trade area to include all the countries around the Baltic Sea.
A side benefit for the EU's standing in the world could be that the World Trade Organization's stalled Doha negotiations could be restarted once farmers in developing countries are assured of getting a fair deal from Europe.
Ten of 21 branches of Dutch agribusiness, including horticultural seeds, ornamentals, seed potatoes, and veal, are among the top contributors to the national economy and the country's trade balance.
In the absence of Communist Party control, these security officers betrayed their corporate ethic and engaged in horse-trading, applying force when a trade did not go well.
Once all these countries reach agreement with the EU there would automatically be free trade throughout the Balkans.
Differences in indirect taxes such as VAT pose another way in which borders become obstacles to trade.
It would create a trade area large enough to generate both local and foreign investment.
Any ban on its use should be lifted to make borders irrelevant for trade and investment.
Kagame then suggested giving every country an annual per capita quota for CO2 emissions, and allowing developing countries that are below the quota to trade their excess quota with countries that are above theirs.
Most people have forgotten that the Paris Protocols of April 1994 established a customs union between Israel and the occupied territories, with a joint Economic Council to adjudicate trade disputes.
Likewise, use of the renminbi for the purpose of invoicing and settling trade with China is bound to continue growing.
Countries that had been growing rapidly in the run-up to the great crash of 2008 typically had trade surpluses (or very small deficits).
The Deutsche Mark, already widely used in the region, now functions as the de facto common currency. Any ban on its use should be lifted to make borders irrelevant for trade and investment.
In the past, this push was accommodated by the willingness of the US and a few other developed nations to run large trade deficits.
Will developing countries' need to generate large increases in the supply of industrial products inevitably clash with the world's intolerance of trade imbalances?
There is in fact no inherent conflict, once we understand that what matters for growth in developing countries is not the size of their trade surpluses, nor even the volume of their exports.
So the good news is that developing countries can continue to grow rapidly even if world trade slows in and there is reduced appetite for capital flows and trade imbalances.

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