Tradenoun
(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
Barternoun
An exchange of goods or services without the use of money.
âWe had no money so we had to live by barter.â;
Tradenoun
(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.
âI did no trades with them once the rumors started.â;
Barternoun
The goods or services used in such an exchange.
âThe man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.â;
Tradenoun
(countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
Barterverb
To exchange goods or services without involving money.
âShe bartered a bonsai for one of the rare books in my library.â; âYou may be able to barter for some of the items you need at the local market.â;
Tradenoun
(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
âThe skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.â;
Barterverb
To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.
Tradenoun
(countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
âIt is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade.â;
Barterverb
To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; - sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.
Tradenoun
(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
âHe learned his trade as an apprentice.â;
Barternoun
The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
âThe spirit of huckstering and barter.â;
Tradenoun
An occupation in the secondary sector; as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
âAfter failing his entrance exams, he decided to go into a trade.â; âMost veterans went into trade when the war ended.â;
Barternoun
The thing given in exchange.
Tradenoun
The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
âEven before noon there was considerable trade.â;
Barternoun
an equal exchange;
âwe had no money so we had to live by barterâ;
Tradenoun
Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
âThey rode the trades going west.â;
Barterverb
exchange goods without involving money
Tradenoun
(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
âRumors about layoffs are all over the trades.â;
Barterverb
exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money
âhe often bartered a meal for drawingsâ; âthey were able to buy or barter for most of what they neededâ;
Tradenoun
A brief sexual encounter.
âJosh picked up some trade last night.â;
Barternoun
the action or system of bartering
âpaper money ceases to have any value and people resort to barterâ;
Tradenoun
Instruments of any occupation.
Barternoun
goods or services used in bartering
âI took a supply of coffee and cigarettes to use as barterâ;
Tradenoun
(mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
Barter
In trade, barter (derived from baretor) is a system of exchange in which participants in a transaction directly exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money. Economists distinguish barter from gift economies in many ways; barter, for example, features immediate reciprocal exchange, not one delayed in time.
Tradenoun
(obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
Tradenoun
(obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.
Tradeverb
(intransitive) To engage in trade
âThis company trades in precious metal.â;
Tradeverb
(intransitive) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
Tradeverb
(transitive) To give (something) in exchange for.
âWill you trade your precious watch for my earring?â;
Tradeverb
To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
Tradeverb
To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
Tradeverb
(intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
Tradenoun
A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.
âA postern with a blind wicket there was,A common trade to pass through Priam's house.â; âHath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade.â; âOr, I'll be buried in the king's highway,Some way of common trade, where subjects' feetMay hourly trample on their sovereign's head.â;
Tradenoun
Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment.
âThere those five sisters had continual trade.â; âLong did I love this lady,Long was my travel, long my trade to win her.â; âThy sin's not accidental but a trade.â;
Tradenoun
Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing.
âHave you any further trade with us?â;
Tradenoun
Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.
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.
âAccursed usury was all his trade.â; âThe homely, slighted, shepherd's trade.â; âI will instruct thee in my trade.â;
Tradenoun
Instruments of any occupation.
âThe house and household goods, his trade of war.â;
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.
âA free port, where nations . . . resorted with their goods and traded.â;
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.
âHow did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth?â;
Tradeverb
To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter.
âThey traded the persons of men.â; âTo dicker and to swop, to trade rifles and watches.â;
Trade
imp. of Tread.
Tradenoun
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services;
âVenice was an important center of trade with the Eastâ; âthey are accused of conspiring to constrain tradeâ;
Tradenoun
people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;
âhe represented the craft of brewersâ; âas they say in the tradeâ;
Tradenoun
an equal exchange;
âwe had no money so we had to live by barterâ;
Tradenoun
the skilled practice of a practical occupation;
âhe learned his trade as an apprenticeâ;
Tradenoun
a particular instance of buying or selling;
âit was a package dealâ; âI had no further trade with himâ; âhe's a master of the business dealâ;
Tradenoun
the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers;
âeven before noon there was a considerable patronageâ;
Tradenoun
steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator;
âthey rode the trade winds going westâ;
Tradeverb
engage in the trade of;
âhe is merchandising telephone setsâ;
Tradeverb
turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase;
âtrade in an old car for a new oneâ;
Tradeverb
be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions;
âThe stock traded around $20 a shareâ;
Tradeverb
exchange or give (something) in exchange for
Tradeverb
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;
âShe deals in goldâ; âThe brothers sell shoesâ;
Tradeadjective
relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce;
âa trade fairâ; âtrade journalsâ; âtrade goodsâ;
Tradenoun
the action of buying and selling goods and services
âa significant increase in foreign tradeâ; âa move to ban all trade in ivoryâ;
Tradenoun
the practice of making one's living in business, as opposed to in a profession or from unearned income
âthe aristocratic classes were contemptuous of those in tradeâ;
Tradenoun
(in sport) a transfer
âplayers can demand a trade after five years of serviceâ;
Tradenoun
a job requiring manual skills and special training
âthe fundamentals of the construction tradeâ; âhe's a carpenter by tradeâ;
Tradenoun
the people engaged in a particular area of business
âin the trade this sort of computer is called âa client-based systemââ;
Tradenoun
people licensed to sell alcoholic drink.
Tradenoun
a trade wind
âthe north-east tradesâ;
Tradeverb
buy and sell goods and services
âmiddlemen trading in luxury goodsâ;
Tradeverb
buy or sell (a particular item or product)
âshe has traded millions of dollars' worth of metalsâ;
Tradeverb
(especially of shares or currency) be bought and sold at a specified price
âthe dollar was trading where it was in Januaryâ;
Tradeverb
exchange (something) for something else, typically as a commercial transaction
âthey trade mud-shark livers for fish oilâ;
Tradeverb
give and receive (something, typically insults or blows)
âthey traded a few punchesâ;
Tradeverb
transfer (a player) to another team
âwould his behaviour cause them to trade him?â;
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.