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🔄 A changed deal 🔄 To change terms 💹 To trade again
to retrade

to retrade

8.7
To try to change the agreed price or terms after a deal
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈtreɪd/
  • Jargon
translation icon : renegociar
  • She tried to retrade the terms of their agreement after realizing the market prices had dropped.

Examples

  • After some discussions, the company decided to retrade the contract to secure a more favorable price.

  • The buyer wanted to retrade the deal once he found out that the competitor had better offers.

  • You cut a deal back then and now you're trying to retrade the deal because you hit a time when you disconnected and it wasn't very much fun.

Synonyms

to bargain
vsto retrade
103 2.4

To discuss the price or terms to get a better deal

is attempted after agreement to change terms for a better deal
to renegotiate
vsto retrade
45 5.6

To talk with someone to change the terms of an agreement

is used after acceptance to alter terms seeking a better outcome
to dicker
vsto retrade
  • US
3 8.4

To bargain about a price before buying something

is an after agreement attempt to change terms for a better deal
to reprice
vsto retrade
1 4.3

To change the price of a product or service

is performed after acceptance to alter agreed price for gain
to bargain down
vsto retrade
1 4.0

To persuade someone to accept a lower price than first offered

is a post-acceptance effort to change agreed price for advantage
to gazunder
vsto retrade
  • Jargon
9.9

Lower an agreed price at the last minute before people sign contracts

is done after agreement to change terms for a better deal
to wrangle a better deal
vsto retrade
6.3

To negotiate strongly to get a better price or better terms

is done after acceptance to reopen terms for advantage
to rebid
vsto retrade
4.3

To make another offer after someone rejects your first bid

is done after an agreement is accepted rather than after failure

Antonyms

to accept
793 1.0

To take something someone offers, for example a gift or invitation

to finalize
  • US
74 3.8

Complete the last details to make something ready

Surface Forms

retrade infinitive
retraded past
retraded past participle
retrading present participle
retrades third person singular

Morphology

retrade = trade (semi-transparent) = re + trade

The morphology 're-' + 'trade' transparently indicates doing the trading action again or renegotiating, but the sense's specific pragmatic sense of acting in bad faith or unfairly is not fully derivable.

Etymology

Retrade is made of the prefix re- 'again' and the word trade 'to buy and sell'. A helpful way to remember the verb is to imagine someone trying to 'trade again' after they already agreed, so to retrade is to try to change the price or terms after acceptance.