trade
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1.5
- noun
- /treɪd/
- The value of the annual growth of China's trade exceeds the total annual value of India's trade.
- increased trade
Examples
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Other cities play a similar role in the trade of live animals or birds.
Academic text (2011) -
This is the US China trade war and tech war story as well.
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Well, we'll start with this UK trade deal that Trump announced.
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But third, we also need trade as the engine of growth.
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Britain already has enough trade problems to deal with.
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More people meant more taxes, more trade, and more prosperity.
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It's all about the gem trade between all of these islands.
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I told them I was new to the area, drumming up trade.
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They have robust trade going back and forth.
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The store relies heavily on local trade to maintain its business.
Synonyms
272
1.8
The customers and trade a shop or company gets
4
6.0
The regular buying that customers do at a shop or restaurant
3
3.4
The habit of regularly buying from the same shop
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
1
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
1
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
1
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trade comes from an old word meaning 'path' or 'track', like tread 'to step'. Think of customers and goods moving along a busy path—so trade can mean the amount of business a shop receives.