trade

1. (noun) the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
Synonyms: craft
Related Words: airplane mechanics, auto mechanics, basketry, bookbinding, business, carpentry, cobbling, drafting, dressmaking, electrical work, house painting, interior decoration, interior design, line, line of work, masonry, mechanical drawing, occupation, painting, plumbery, plumbing, pottery, pyrotechnics, pyrotechny, roofing, sheet-metal work, shoe repairing, shoemaking, tailoring, tool-and-die work, typography, winemaking, woodwork, woodworking

2. (satellite adjective) relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce; "a trade fair"; "trade journals"; "trade goods"

3. (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"
Related Words: commerce, commercialism, free trade, mercantilism

4. (noun) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers: "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
Synonyms: patronage
Related Words: business, custom

5. (verb) exchange or give (something) in exchange for
Synonyms: swap, switch, swop
Related Words: change, exchange, interchange

6. (verb) turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase; "trade in an old car for a new one"
Synonyms: trade in
Related Words: barter away, change, exchange, interchange

7. (verb) engage in the trade of
Synonyms: merchandise
Related Words: arbitrage, black market, export, import, market, run, traffic

8. (verb) be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions: "The stock traded around $20 a share"
Related Words: sell

9. (noun) 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"
Synonyms: business deal, deal
Related Words: arms deal, dealing, dealings, penny ante, transaction

10. (noun) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"
Synonyms: craft
Related Words: class, social class, socio-economic class

11. (noun) steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator; "they rode the trade winds going west"
Synonyms: trade wind
Related Words: prevailing wind

12. (verb) do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
Synonyms: deal, sell
Related Words: black marketeer, deal, hawk, huckster, market, monger, peddle, pitch, pyramid, transact, vend

13. (noun) an equal exchange; "we had no money so we hd to live by barter"
Synonyms: barter, quid pro quo, swap, swop
Related Words: exchange, horse trade, horse trading, interchange



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