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trade

trade

1.0
Buying, selling, or exchanging goods and services between businesses and people
  • noun
  • /treɪd/
translation icon : comercio
  • OK, Well, this expansion of overseas trade created income, obviously.
  • free trade
  • international trade
  • global trade

Like even they have the spice trade in Star Wars.

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Examples

  • So what are the problems in international trade that Trump is aiming to fix?

  • China has an economy and a trade flow twice as large as the United States'.

    Academic text (2011)
  • This was setting up trade around the world.

  • It's a foreign trade zone.

  • The president himself was beginning to speak more about free trade and remaking U.S. foreign aid.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Their important contributions to countries' national economies and international trade stand out clearly and cannot be overemphasized.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Peace facilitated trade, and trade made Britain prosperous.

  • In the 1970s and early 1980s, U.S.-Libyan trade totaled more than $4 billion annually.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The city relies heavily on trade with neighboring countries for its economy.

  • She specializes in the trade of organic produce at local markets.

Synonyms

business
vstrade
1.0

Buying and selling goods or services to make money

focuses on the act of buying, selling, or exchanging rather than the whole enterprise
deal
vstrade
1.4

An agreement, often about buying or selling

refers to the actual buying, selling, or exchanging action rather than the agreement
exchange
vstrade
515 2.1

The act of giving something and getting something in return

is the broader activity of buying, selling, or swapping goods or services
trading
vstrade
  • Specialized
479 2.7

Buying and selling things like stocks or currencies to make money

is the general act of buying or selling not limited to financial markets
transaction
vstrade
236 3.8

An exchange where someone pays money for goods or services

is the general activity of buying or selling rather than one single act
commerce
vstrade
121 2.7

Buying and selling goods and services on a large scale

is the general act of exchange at any scale rather than mainly large scale
swap
vstrade
94 2.6

A meeting where people trade things like books or clothes

is the wider commercial activity not limited to equal two‑way swaps
business deal
vstrade
32 2.4

An agreement between companies or people to exchange goods and services for money

emphasizes the action of buying or selling itself rather than the agreement behind it
interchange
vstrade
5 3.9

A sharing of things or ideas between people

is focused specifically on commercial buying, selling, or exchanging of goods or services

Antonyms

359 1.9

Money, goods, or time given to help others and organizations

338 1.0

Giving something to someone without payment or expecting something back

Idioms

16 3.9

A job someone does or did, especially if it is not clear from what they do now

Compounds

A pair of tall towers in New York that were destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks

57 3.5

Buying and selling between countries without government taxes or limits

44 3.7

Giving up one thing to get something else when you must choose

trade deficit
  • Specialized
38 4.7

A country buys more from other countries than it sells to them

28 3.2

Government rules about buying and selling goods and services with other countries

An organization in Geneva that sets and enforces rules for trade between countries

17 3.6

Buying, selling, and moving people to force them to work, often from Africa to the Americas

trade secret
  • Specialized
15 3.9

Secret method or recipe a business keeps to stay ahead of other companies

An agreement from 1994 that made trade easier between the United States, Canada, and Mexico

A US agency that keeps business competition fair and protects consumers

12 2.8

A group of workers who protect rights and talk with employers about pay and work conditions

11 3.2

A way of buying and selling that gives better pay and rights to farmers and workers

11 3.0

A regular route used to carry goods between regions or countries

trade surplus
  • Specialized
11 3.5

A country sells more goods to other countries than it buys from them

trade barrier
  • Specialized
9 5.0

A government rule that limits goods from other countries, for example by charging extra tax or setting limits

8 3.0

A school where people learn practical skills like carpentry or plumbing

trade embargo
  • Formal
7 5.9

An official government order stopping trade with a country or some goods

5 3.2

An item you give to lower the price of something new like a car or phone

trade wind
  • Specialized
5 3.2

A steady wind that blows east to west near the equator in tropical regions

5 5.3

A proposed law to control trade between countries

An area in Lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center stood before 2001, now a rebuilt complex with memorials

trade balance
  • Specialized
4 3.9

The difference in value between a country's exports and imports of goods

A magazine for people who work in a certain industry that gives news and advice

2 2.9

A name a company gives to a product or service to sell it

2 3.0

A product or raw material sold in large amounts to other businesses

balance of trade
  • Specialized
2 4.4

The difference in value of goods a country sells and buys from other countries over time

An international agreement from 1947 to reduce taxes on imports and other trade barriers

1 3.8

The difference between the value of a country's imports and exports over a time period

A person who helps workers get better pay and safer jobs

A path from long ago for carrying goods between places

restraint of trade
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A rule or action that stops free competition between businesses

1 3.6

The idea and practice of workers forming groups to protect rights at work

The skills and tools someone needs for their job

carriage trade
  • Archaic
1 9.1

Rich customers who buy expensive goods, or the business that sells to them

1 4.9

A business that makes and sells fashionable clothes

trade book
  • Jargon
1 3.8

A book written and sold for the general public to read

Laws that put taxes or limits on imports to help local businesses against foreign competition

An organized effort by workers to improve pay and working conditions

A government official and office that makes and negotiates trade rules for the United States with other countries

7.1

The energy used by a 1,000-watt machine running for one hour

A person who cooks food for a living, usually in a restaurant

An agreement between companies that limits competition, often by fixing prices, and is illegal under US law

7.8

Former US law that let manufacturers require shops to sell goods at a minimum price

fair-trade agreement
  • Specialized
5.7

A deal where a maker tells stores not to sell a branded product below a fixed price

A swap of horses between people who bargain for the best deal

Equipment or skills needed to do a person's job

5.4

A pattern of rises and falls in the economy, like growth and recession

trade discount
  • Specialized
3.1

A reduction in the price shown given to a shop for buying large amounts of goods

trade edition
  • Jargon
4.0

A book sold to the public in regular bookstores

trade acceptance
  • Specialized
8.0

A written promise by a buyer to pay the seller on a set date

trade expense
  • Specialized
3.4

A cost a business has when running its normal work, like travel to meet clients

9.1

A small animal with a bushy tail that collects and hides small things

trade-last
  • Informal
9.9

A compliment you give in return for a compliment you received

7.0

An official government order that stops or limits trade between countries

A United States government office that makes and carries out the President's trade policy with other countries

How Monetary

to auction
53 3.6
to sell
1.0
trade
1.0
to barter
26 3.1
to give
1.0

Surface Forms

trade singular
trades plural

Etymology

Trade comes from an old word meaning 'path' or 'track', the same root as tread 'to step'. Think of goods moving along a path between people — so trade means buying, selling, or exchanging goods.