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- DictionaryTrade/trād/
noun
- 1. the action of buying and selling goods and services: "a move to ban all trade in ivory"
- 2. a skilled job, typically one requiring manual skills and special training: "the fundamentals of the construction trade"
verb
- 1. buy and sell goods and services: "middlemen trading in luxury goods"
- 2. exchange (something) for something else, typically as a commercial transaction: "they trade mud-shark livers for fish oil"
noun. uk / treɪd / us. trade noun (BUYING AND SELLING) Add to word list. B1. the buying and selling of large numbers of goods or services, especially between countries: a trade agreement / dispute. They rely heavily on trade with Europe. The laws ban the international trade in ivory. Fewer examples.
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[uncountable] the activity of buying and selling or of exchanging goods or services between people or countries. international/foreign/global/world trade. trade in something the international trade in oil. the illegal trade in wildlife. the arms/drugs trade. The Senate has approved a trade agreement with Latin American nations.
Trade definition: the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries. See examples of TRADE used in a sentence.
[intransitive] to exist and operate as a business or company. The firm has now ceased trading. trade as somebody/something They traded as ‘Walker and Son’. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] to be bought and sold, or to buy and sell something, on a stock exchange.
trade. noun. /treɪd/ [uncountable] the activity of buying and selling or of exchanging goods or services between people or countries international/foreign trade Trade between the two countries has increased. the international trade in oil the arms, drug, etc. trade see balance of trade, fair-trade, free trade Topic Collocations Topic Collocations.
Britannica Dictionary definition of TRADE. 1. a [noncount] : the activity or process of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services : commerce. foreign/international trade. the trade between the two countries. The tariff is a barrier to trade. = The tariff is a trade barrier. [+] more examples.
Definitions of trade. noun. the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services. “Venice was an important center of trade with the East” “they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade ” see more. noun. a particular instance of buying or selling. “I had no further trade with him”
