Definition
Meaning of 'trade'
Meaning of 'trade' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Trade 
- imp. of Tread. 2. Trade [ v.]
- A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel;
resort. [ v.]- Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment.
- Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing.
- Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.
- The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.
- Instruments of any occupation.
- A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.
- The trade winds.
- Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
3. Trade [ v. i.]
- To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the
exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything
else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business. [ v. i.]- To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.
- To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; -- usually followed by with.
4. Trade [ v. t.]
- To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'trade' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. trade [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
Example in sentence:
- even before noon there was a considerable patronage
Meaning (2):
- the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- the skilled practice of a practical occupation
Example in sentence:
- he learned his trade as an apprentice
Meaning (3):
- people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
- people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
Example in sentence:
- as they say in the trade;
- he represented the craft of brewers
Meaning (4):
- a particular instance of buying or selling
- a particular instance of buying or selling
Example in sentence:
- he's a master of the business deal;
- I had no further trade with him;
- it was a package deal
Meaning (5):
- steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
- steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
Example in sentence:
- they rode the trade winds going west
Meaning (6):
- the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
- the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
Example in sentence:
- they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade;
- Venice was an important center of trade with the East
Meaning (7):
- an equal exchange
- an equal exchange
Example in sentence:
- we had no money so we had to live by barter
2. trade [ v]
[ v]Meaning (8):
- engage in the trade of
- engage in the trade of
Example in sentence:
- he is merchandising telephone sets
Meaning (9):
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
Example in sentence:
- She deals in gold;
- The brothers sell shoes
Meaning (10):
- be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
- be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
Example in sentence:
- The stock traded around $20 a share
Meaning (11):
- turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
- turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
Example in sentence:
- trade in an old car for a new one
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