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trade

  • noun
  • /tɹeɪd/

The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.

Other meanings

  1. A particular instance of buying or selling, or a series of related transactions executed as a single investment.

    “I did no trades with them once the rumors started.”

  2. An idea or strategy for an investment on a market.

    “"Sell America" is the latest trade on Wall Street.”

Example sentences

  • “Can they trade resources with neighboring islands?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “Do you want to trade?”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “I'm a farmer by trade.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Middle Low German "trade" (track, course).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “trade” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.