trade
- noun
- /treɪd/
- 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.
- Like even they have the spice trade in Star Wars.
- And one of the biggest problems is the perverse trade in wildlife.
- So what are the problems in international trade that Trump is aiming to fix?
- My best trade is always the same.
- You can't block a critical trade corridor and deprive people of their jobs.
Examples
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So what are the problems in international trade that Trump is aiming to fix?
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China has an economy and a trade flow twice as large as the United States'.
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This was setting up trade around the world.
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It's a foreign trade zone.
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The president himself was beginning to speak more about free trade and remaking U.S. foreign aid.
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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.
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In the 1970s and early 1980s, U.S.-Libyan trade totaled more than $4 billion annually.
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The city relies heavily on trade with neighboring countries for its economy.
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She specializes in the trade of organic produce at local markets.
Synonyms
Buying and selling goods or services to make money
An agreement, often about buying or selling
The act of giving something and getting something in return
Buying and selling things like stocks or currencies to make money
An exchange where someone pays money for goods or services
Buying and selling goods and services on a large scale
A meeting where people trade things like books or clothes
An agreement between companies or people to exchange goods and services for money
A sharing of things or ideas between people
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A pair of tall towers in New York that were destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks
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
- NSFW
Buying, selling, and moving people to force them to work, often from Africa to the Americas
- Specialized
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
A group of workers who protect rights and talk with employers about pay and work conditions
A way of buying and selling that gives better pay and rights to farmers and workers
- Specialized
A country sells more goods to other countries than it buys from them
- Specialized
A government rule that limits goods from other countries, for example by charging extra tax or setting limits
- Specialized
A steady wind that blows east to west near the equator in tropical regions
An area in Lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center stood before 2001, now a rebuilt complex with memorials
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
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
The difference between the value of a country's imports and exports over a time period
- Specialized
A rule or action that stops free competition between businesses
- Formal
The idea and practice of workers forming groups to protect rights at work
- Archaic
Rich customers who buy expensive goods, or the business that sells to them
Laws that put taxes or limits on imports to help local businesses against foreign competition
A government official and office that makes and negotiates trade rules for the United States with other countries
An agreement between companies that limits competition, often by fixing prices, and is illegal under US law
- Formal
Former US law that let manufacturers require shops to sell goods at a minimum price
- Specialized
A deal where a maker tells stores not to sell a branded product below a fixed price
- Specialized
A reduction in the price shown given to a shop for buying large amounts of goods
- Specialized
A cost a business has when running its normal work, like travel to meet clients
A United States government office that makes and carries out the President's trade policy with other countries
How Monetary
Surface Forms
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.