trade
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- noun
- /treɪd/
- I've never learned another trade.
- learn a trade
- a trade school
- technical and skilled trades
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Watch on YouTubeSo here's where in my trade we talk about the law of parsimony.
- So here's where in my trade we talk about the law of parsimony.
- Which is so painful for me because I'm a fixer by trade I guess.
- Like, just go, go learn the trades, learn how to communicate, learn how to speak.
- She is a Jack of all trade and a master of most.
- I want a Jackie of All Trades T-shirt made.
- And all of those particular craft trades work to different tolerances.
- So it is a middle ground Jack of all trades for silence and performance.
Examples
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You seem to know your trade.
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David's brother followed their father into the trade after taking a regular education in the Danish public schools.
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These are the tools of the trade.
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I learned a different trade.
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For a while, she even worked in the building trade, laying floor tiles.
Fiction book (1993) -
They say I ought to spend a couple of years as an apprentice or go to a trade school.
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Stereographers plied their trade in most major cities and many small towns and villages.
Academic text (1999) -
She learned the skills of her trade from a master craftsman during her apprenticeship.
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Many students enroll in trade schools to pursue careers in fields like plumbing and electrical work.
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The carpenter took great pride in the quality of his work, which reflected his dedication to his trade.
Synonyms
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1.3
The work a person does to earn money
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A job that needs special training or education, like a doctor
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3.7
Skilled work done by hand, often as a job
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A job or profession that a person does to earn money
Idioms
Compounds
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3.4
A pair of tall towers in New York that were destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks
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3.2
A way of buying and selling that gives better pay and rights to farmers and workers
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3.7
An organization in Geneva that sets and enforces rules for trade between countries
- NSFW
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3.6
Buying, selling, and moving people to force them to work, often from Africa to the Americas
- Specialized
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Secret method or recipe a business keeps to stay ahead of other companies
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A US agency that keeps business competition fair and protects consumers
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A group of workers who protect rights and talk with employers about pay and work conditions
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3.2
Government rules about buying and selling goods and services with other countries
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An agreement from 1994 that made trade easier between the United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Specialized
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A country sells more goods to other countries than it buys from them
- Specialized
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A government rule that limits goods from other countries, for example by charging extra tax or setting limits
- Specialized
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A steady wind that blows east to west near the equator in tropical regions
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An area in Lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center stood before 2001, now a rebuilt complex with memorials
- Specialized
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The difference in value between a country's exports and imports of goods
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A magazine for people who work in a certain industry that gives news and advice
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The difference between the value of a country's imports and exports over a time period
- Specialized
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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
- Specialized
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A rule or action that stops free competition between businesses
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A government official and office that makes and negotiates trade rules for the United States with other countries
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Laws that put taxes or limits on imports to help local businesses against foreign competition
- Formal
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The idea and practice of workers forming groups to protect rights at work
- Specialized
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A deal where a maker tells stores not to sell a branded product below a fixed price
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A United States government office that makes and carries out the President's trade policy with other countries
- Specialized
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A reduction in the price shown given to a shop for buying large amounts of goods
- Archaic
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Rich customers who buy expensive goods, or the business that sells to them
- Specialized
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A cost a business has when running its normal work, like travel to meet clients
- Formal
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Former US law that let manufacturers require shops to sell goods at a minimum price
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An agreement between companies that limits competition, often by fixing prices, and is illegal under US law
How Skilled
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Trade comes from an old word meaning 'path' or 'way', related to tread 'to step'. A person's trade is the 'path' they follow in work, so it became the name for a skill or job.