trade
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3.5
- noun
- /treɪd/
- The carpenter specializes in the trade of building custom furniture.
- a trade union
- ply one's trade
- stock-in-trade
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- He's an activist for the trades and for regular working people.
- So we want to get young people into the skilled trades at scale.
Examples
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My father earned his living in a variety of trades and retired as a journeyman electrician.
Academic text (1990) -
A recent strike in the cardboard container trade is being compared with that in the tanning industry.
Fiction book (1994) -
He's an activist for the trades and for regular working people.
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But Walter had started in the bookselling trade late and fared even worse than she did.
Fiction book (1993) -
One of the most dynamic agribusiness trades in the world is the poultry industry.
Academic text (2013) -
In addition to the artisanal and building trades, guilds covered small shopkeepers and market vendors.
Academic text (2008) -
She learned the plumbing trade through an apprenticeship.
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Many young people are encouraged to consider a trade instead of a four-year degree.
Synonyms
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2.6
People and companies that make goods and provide services in the same field
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3.7
Skilled work done by hand, often as a job
1
3.4
People who do skilled manual work like electricians or plumbers
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3.9
People who do jobs using their hands in places like factories
Idioms
Compounds
127
3.4
A pair of tall towers in New York that were destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks
23
3.2
A way of buying and selling that gives better pay and rights to farmers and workers
23
3.7
An organization in Geneva that sets and enforces rules for trade between countries
- NSFW
22
3.6
Buying, selling, and moving people to force them to work, often from Africa to the Americas
- Specialized
20
3.9
Secret method or recipe a business keeps to stay ahead of other companies
18
3.9
A US agency that keeps business competition fair and protects consumers
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2.8
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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3.7
An agreement from 1994 that made trade easier between the United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Specialized
12
3.5
A country sells more goods to other countries than it buys from them
- Specialized
9
5.0
A government rule that limits goods from other countries, for example by charging extra tax or setting limits
- Specialized
7
3.2
A steady wind that blows east to west near the equator in tropical regions
5
3.7
An area in Lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center stood before 2001, now a rebuilt complex with memorials
- Specialized
4
3.9
The difference in value between a country's exports and imports of goods
4
3.9
A magazine for people who work in a certain industry that gives news and advice
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3.8
The difference between the value of a country's imports and exports over a time period
- 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
- Specialized
1
7.0
A rule or action that stops free competition between businesses
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4.6
A government official and office that makes and negotiates trade rules for the United States with other countries
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5.0
Laws that put taxes or limits on imports to help local businesses against foreign competition
- Formal
1
3.6
The idea and practice of workers forming groups to protect rights at work
- Specialized
1
5.7
A deal where a maker tells stores not to sell a branded product below a fixed price
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5.6
A United States government office that makes and carries out the President's trade policy with other countries
- Specialized
1
3.1
A reduction in the price shown given to a shop for buying large amounts of goods
- Archaic
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9.1
Rich customers who buy expensive goods, or the business that sells to them
- Specialized
1
3.4
A cost a business has when running its normal work, like travel to meet clients
- Formal
1
7.8
Former US law that let manufacturers require shops to sell goods at a minimum price
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9.5
An agreement between companies that limits competition, often by fixing prices, and is illegal under US law
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Etymology
Trade comes from an old word meaning 'path' or 'way', related to tread 'to step'. That's why 'the trade' can mean the people who work in the same job, because they all follow the same work 'path'.