to trade
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2.3
- verb
- /treɪd/
- Many investors prefer to trade stocks during market hours to maximize their profit potential.
- trade stocks
- trade goods
- trade in markets
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Watch on YouTubeMost of the silver that's traded is traded on futures exchanges.
- Most of the silver that's traded is traded on futures exchanges.
- Diversify like the pros and trade without tax headaches.
- That just means the stock will be trading before the market opens.
- I mean, has anybody traded on an exchange that's not listed there?
- Dude, are they publicly traded Popeye's stock?
- Once they got bots trading, usually it's arbitrage, right?
- But these people are trading in a currency that you've given them.
- Now, you might say I too trade stocks.
- And then trade some stocks and make the profits.
Examples
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My family was hugely benefiting by trading with the British Empire.
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And they were going to trade in various commodities.
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And so they rarely trade at very close prices.
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And they trade for cheese.
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"We make products, they make products, and we trade them" was a typical response.
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Similarly, in the stock market, people trade shares of stock that companies issued in the past.
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Is Europe prepared to face the challenge of trading cheap transportation for a better environment?
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In this way, people participate in a big auction where they trade stock with one another.
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Most of the natural gas traded in Asia is in the form of LNG.
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NAFTA took effect in 1994, eliminating most tariffs on goods traded between Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.0
To give something to someone for money
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5.1
Do business with others, especially buying, selling, or moving money
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4.2
Buy and sell stocks to try to make a profit
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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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
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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
2
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
How Big
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2.3
- Specialized
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4.4
- Archaic
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9.9
22
3.0
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3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trade comes from an old word for 'track' or 'way', linked to tread 'to step'. In business this became the word for buying and selling, so to trade is to buy and sell goods or services.