Interchange vs. Trade

Interchangeverb

(transitive) to switch (each of two things)

‘to interchange places’;

Tradenoun

(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.

Interchangeverb

(transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange

Tradenoun

(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.

‘I did no trades with them once the rumors started.’;

Interchangeverb

(intransitive) to swap or change places

Tradenoun

(countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.

Interchangeverb

(transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary

‘to interchange cares with pleasures’;

Tradenoun

(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.

‘The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.’;

Interchangenoun

An act of interchanging.

Tradenoun

(countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.

‘It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade.’;

Interchangenoun

A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.

Tradenoun

(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.

‘He learned his trade as an apprentice.’;

Interchangenoun

(rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.

‘Holborn tube station is the only interchange between the London Underground Central and Piccadilly Lines’;

Tradenoun

An occupation in the secondary sector; as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.

‘After failing his entrance exams, he decided to go into a trade.’; ‘Most veterans went into trade when the war ended.’;

Interchangeverb

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services.

‘I shall interchangeMy waned state for Henry's regal crown.’;

Tradenoun

The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.

‘Even before noon there was considerable trade.’;

Interchangeverb

To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures.

Tradenoun

Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.

‘They rode the trades going west.’;

Interchangeverb

To make an interchange; to alternate.

Tradenoun

(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.

‘Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.’;

Interchangenoun

The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities between two persons.

Tradenoun

A brief sexual encounter.

‘Josh picked up some trade last night.’;

Interchangenoun

The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce.

Tradenoun

Instruments of any occupation.

Interchangenoun

Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.

‘The interchanges of light and darkness.’; ‘Sweet interchangeOf hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.’;

Tradenoun

(mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.

Interchangenoun

An intersection between highways, having two or more levels and a series of connecting roadways so that traffic on one highway may pass over or under the other highway without crossing through the line of traffic, and vehicles may pass from one highway to the other while traffic on both highways continues uninterrupted. A common interchange is the cloverleaf.

Tradenoun

(obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.

Interchangenoun

a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams

Tradenoun

(obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.

Interchangenoun

mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or reciprocating

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To engage in trade

‘This company trades in precious metal.’;

Interchangenoun

reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries;

‘he earns his living from the interchange of currency’;

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.

Interchangeverb

give to, and receive from, one another;

‘Would you change places with me?’; ‘We have been exchanging letters for a year’;

Tradeverb

(transitive) To give (something) in exchange for.

‘Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?’;

Interchangeverb

cause to change places;

‘interchange this screw for one of a smaller size’;

Tradeverb

To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.

Interchangeverb

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Tradeverb

To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.

Interchangeverb

(of two or more people) exchange (things) with each other

‘superior and subordinates freely interchange information’;

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).

Interchangeverb

put each of (two things) in the other's place

‘the terms are often interchanged’;

Tradenoun

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

‘A postern with a blind wicket there was,A common trade to pass through Priam's house.’; ‘Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade.’; ‘Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway,Some way of common trade, where subjects' feetMay hourly trample on their sovereign's head.’;

Interchangeverb

(of a thing) be able to be exchanged with another

‘diesel units will interchange with the petrol ones’;

Tradenoun

Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment.

‘There those five sisters had continual trade.’; ‘Long did I love this lady,Long was my travel, long my trade to win her.’; ‘Thy sin's not accidental but a trade.’;

Interchangenoun

the action of interchanging people or things

‘we have a significant interchange of staff with the nearby college’; ‘the interchange of ideas’;

Tradenoun

Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing.

‘Have you any further trade with us?’;

Interchangenoun

an exchange of words

‘I listened in shock to this venomous interchange’;

Tradenoun

Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.

Interchangenoun

alternation

‘the interchange of woods and meadows’;

Tradenoun

The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.

‘Accursed usury was all his trade.’; ‘The homely, slighted, shepherd's trade.’; ‘I will instruct thee in my trade.’;

Interchangenoun

a road junction designed on several levels so that traffic streams do not intersect

‘turn left at the next interchange’;

Tradenoun

Instruments of any occupation.

‘The house and household goods, his trade of war.’;

Interchangenoun

a station where passengers may change from one railway line, bus service, etc. to another

‘the town's famous rail interchange’;

Tradenoun

A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.

Tradenoun

The trade winds.

Tradenoun

Refuse or rubbish from a mine.

Tradeverb

To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business.

‘A free port, where nations . . . resorted with their goods and traded.’;

Tradeverb

To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.

Tradeverb

To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; - usually followed by with.

‘How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth?’;

Tradeverb

To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter.

‘They traded the persons of men.’; ‘To dicker and to swop, to trade rifles and watches.’;

Trade

imp. of Tread.

Tradenoun

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’;

Tradenoun

people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;

‘he represented the craft of brewers’; ‘as they say in the trade’;

Tradenoun

an equal exchange;

‘we had no money so we had to live by barter’;

Tradenoun

the skilled practice of a practical occupation;

‘he learned his trade as an apprentice’;

Tradenoun

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’;

Tradenoun

the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers;

‘even before noon there was a considerable patronage’;

Tradenoun

steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator;

‘they rode the trade winds going west’;

Tradeverb

engage in the trade of;

‘he is merchandising telephone sets’;

Tradeverb

turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase;

‘trade in an old car for a new one’;

Tradeverb

be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions;

‘The stock traded around $20 a share’;

Tradeverb

exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Tradeverb

do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;

‘She deals in gold’; ‘The brothers sell shoes’;

Tradeadjective

relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce;

‘a trade fair’; ‘trade journals’; ‘trade goods’;

Tradenoun

the action of buying and selling goods and services

‘a significant increase in foreign trade’; ‘a move to ban all trade in ivory’;

Tradenoun

the practice of making one's living in business, as opposed to in a profession or from unearned income

‘the aristocratic classes were contemptuous of those in trade’;

Tradenoun

(in sport) a transfer

‘players can demand a trade after five years of service’;

Tradenoun

a job requiring manual skills and special training

‘the fundamentals of the construction trade’; ‘he's a carpenter by trade’;

Tradenoun

the people engaged in a particular area of business

‘in the trade this sort of computer is called ‘a client-based system’’;

Tradenoun

people licensed to sell alcoholic drink.

Tradenoun

a trade wind

‘the north-east trades’;

Tradeverb

buy and sell goods and services

‘middlemen trading in luxury goods’;

Tradeverb

buy or sell (a particular item or product)

‘she has traded millions of dollars' worth of metals’;

Tradeverb

(especially of shares or currency) be bought and sold at a specified price

‘the dollar was trading where it was in January’;

Tradeverb

exchange (something) for something else, typically as a commercial transaction

‘they trade mud-shark livers for fish oil’;

Tradeverb

give and receive (something, typically insults or blows)

‘they traded a few punches’;

Tradeverb

transfer (a player) to another team

‘would his behaviour cause them to trade him?’;

Trade

Trade involves the transfer of goods or services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market.