to trade
- verb
- /treɪd/
- Sure, I'll trade you my pants for your skirt.
- willing to trade
- sell or trade
- trade with others
What we've done there is we've traded time for space.
- What we've done there is we've traded time for space.
- I have never bought a yen to trade it for a euro.
- And it was, it's magnificent and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
- And that's something I wouldn't trade for anything in the world.
- Tom was in Cuba and he decided to trade his shoes for booze.
- And I would say most old rich guys would trade their wealth for youth.
- That made a pact where America traded wheat for Jews.
- And he goes, oh wow, I'll trade you that for some DMT.
- And, you know, he would trade piercing for tattoos.
- And so you're willing right now to trade clutter the chaos.
- The person that I that I trade all the things with.
- We on the subject of you being traded, being the go to guy.
- And I would trade it all for slime.
Examples
-
We still meet occasionally to trade experiences with new tools or to brainstorm for future collaborations.
Academic text (2011) -
She decided to trade her old phone for a new one.
-
At this point you can trade your case or you can open it.
-
"If I had a watch like that, I would trade it."
-
If necessary, I might be able to use these to trade for anything else I need.
Fiction book (1991) -
I would much rather trade my fame for impact.
-
"I'll trade you 25 chickens for a goat."
-
All civilized peoples, therefore, are in a position to trade with them to their advantage.
Academic text (1992) -
"Do you have any horses to trade?" He tilted his head at an angle.
Fiction book (1990) -
What we've done there is we've traded time for space.
Synonyms
To give something and get something in return
To give something and get something else in return
To give something you own to a seller as part payment for a new one
To trade goods or services directly for other goods without using money
To give up something valuable in exchange for something else, often as a loss
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trade comes from the same root meaning 'path' or 'course', like tread 'to step'. Trading is like moving things along that route between people, so it means to exchange something for something else.