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nontrade

nontrade

6.3
Not related to buying or selling, for example education and healthcare
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈtreɪd/
translation icon : no comercial
  • Her study focused on nontrade aspects of economics that affect social behavior and well-being.

Examples

  • The government's investment in nontrade projects aims to improve public welfare and education.

  • Other (nontrade) well-measured industries contribute less after 2004.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Other nontrade factors clearly contribute to the deterioration of pricing and other signals linking commercial and small-scale farms.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Many nontrade activities, such as volunteering and community service, are essential for society's overall health.

Synonyms

noneconomic
vsnontrade
1 5.5

Not about money, trade, or profit but about other values

focuses only on lack of relation to buying or selling
nonfinancial
vsnontrade
1 4.6

Not about money or payments

refers instead to absence of trade or commercial exchange
untraded
vsnontrade
6.5

A thing that people do not buy or sell because there is no market for it

is about not being connected to buying or selling in general
nonmarket
vsnontrade
  • Specialized
6.1

Not related to buying and selling, for example family work or public services

is defined by lack of relation to buying selling or exchange
nonbusiness
vsnontrade
4.5

Not connected to business activities, often private or social

restricts meaning to lack of buying or selling connection

How Commercial

commercial
601 3.7
nontrade
6.3

Surface Forms

nontrade positive

Morphology

nontrade = trade (transparent) = non + trade

The negative prefix 'non-' attached to the noun 'trade' (commerce) transparently yields 'not related to buying/selling'.

Etymology

Nontrade is made of non- meaning 'not' and trade meaning 'buying and selling', so it describes activities that are 'not part of buying and selling', such as education or healthcare.