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untraded item

untraded item

7.2
A thing that has not been bought or sold
  • noun
translation icon : artículo no comercializado
  • The auction included rare, previously untraded items from the collection.

Examples

  • Some untraded items were still listed in the end-of-year inventory report.

  • The manager noticed several untraded items taking up space in the warehouse.

  • This untraded item is still in its original packaging.

  • Many untraded items are stored in warehouses.

  • The antique shop owner displayed several untraded items that collectors were eager to see.

  • In the recent inventory check, we found many untraded items that needed to be sold.

  • She discovered an untraded item hidden in the attic that could be valuable.

Synonyms

unsold merchandise
vsuntraded item
2.4

Goods a shop still has because no one bought them

are goods that have not been exchanged whether offered for sale or not

How Traded

trade good
2 3.0
sold
1.0
untraded item
7.2

Surface Forms

untraded item singular
untraded items plural

Morphology

untraded + item

The meaning is directly compositional: 'untraded' (not traded / not bought or sold) + 'item' (a thing or good) yields 'a thing that has not been exchanged'. The negative prefix 'un-' and the noun 'item' make the sense predictable and cross-linguistically accessible, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should understand it.

Etymology

The noun untraded item literally names an item that was not traded. Imagine a product left on a market stall that never changed hands, and that's why it means 'a good that has not been bought or sold'.