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See also:tradéandtråde

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishtrade(“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, fromMiddle Low Germantrade(“track, course”), fromOld Saxontrada(“spoor, track”), fromProto-West Germanic*tradu, fromProto-Germanic*tradō(“track, way”), and cognate withOld Englishtredan(“to tread”); ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*dreh₂-(“to tread, walk, step, run”).

Cognate withDutchtrade,tra(“path, trail, course, trade”),German Low GermanTraad(“track, wagon trail”),LuxembourgishTratt(“step, pace”),Icelandictröð(“a lane between fences, enclosure, pen”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trade (countable anduncountable,pluraltrades)

  1. (uncountable) Thebuying andselling ofgoods andservices on amarket.
    Synonym:commerce
  2. (countable) A particular instance ofbuying orselling.
    Synonyms:deal,barter
    I did notrades with them once the rumors started.
  3. (countable) An instance ofbartering items inexchange for one another.
    • 1989,Bruce Pandolfini,Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps‎[1],→ISBN, Glossary, page225:
      EXCHANGE — Atrade or swap of no material profit to either side.
    • 2009, Elliott Kalb, Mark Weinstein,The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time‎[2],→ISBN, page60:
      When Golden State matched the Knicks' offer sheet, the Warriors and Knicks worked out atrade that sent King to New York for Richardson.
  4. (countable) Those whoperform a particular kind ofskilled work.
    Synonym:business
    The skilledtrades were the first to organize modern labor unions.
    • 2006,Edwin Black, chapter 2, inInternal Combustion‎[3]:
      But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London'strades and industries.  By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
  5. (countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
    It is not a retail showroom. It is only for thetrade.
  7. (countable) The skilled practice of a practicaloccupation.
    Synonym:craft
    He learned histrade as anapprentice.
    • 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”,Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:
      In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by histrade
  8. (countable or uncountable) Anoccupation in thesecondary sector, as opposed to anagricultural,professional ormilitary one.
    After failing his entrance exams, he decided to go into atrade.
    Most veterans went intotrade when the war ended.
    • 2007, Michael Lynch,The Oxford Companion to Scottish History, USA: Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page228:
      Subsequently some Scottish troops settled, took uptrade as weavers, tailors, or mariners, and married Dutch women.
    • 2012, Liberty Carrington,Wide Eyes Closed, AuthorHouse,→ISBN, page92:
      Getting a job in your major is no breeze: Remember we made fun of those who took up atrade
  9. (uncountable, UK) Thebusiness given to acommercialestablishment by its customers.
    Synonym:patronage
    Even before noon there was considerabletrade.
  10. (chiefly in theplural)Steadywinds blowing from east to west above and below theequator.
    They rode thetrades going west.
    • 1826 [1816], James Horsburgh,India Directory, Or Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil and the Interjacent Ports‎[4], page28:
      Calms and variable winds, are also experienced during every month of the year, in the space between thetrades;[…] the vicinity of the north-easttrade seems most liable to them.
  11. (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
    Rumors about layoffs are all over thetrades.
  12. (uncountable, gayslang) Amasculine man available forcasual sex with men, often for pay.(Comparerough trade.)
    Josh picked up sometrade last night.
    • 1950,W. H. Auden, “A Playboy of the Western World: St. Oscar, The Homintern Martyr”, inPartisan Review‎[5], pages391–2:
      In a homosexual of this kind—corresponding to the test of eccentric behavior in the drawing-room—one usually finds a preference for "trade," i.e., sexually normal males, because, if another homosexual yields to him, he is only one of a class, but if he can believe that an exception is being made in his case, it seems a proof that he is being accepted for himself alone.
  13. (obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of any occupation.
    • 1697,John Dryden, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, inThe works of Virgil containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis‎[6], page112:
      His House and household Gods! histrade of War, / His Bow and Quiver; and his trusty Cur.
  14. Short fortrade paperback
  15. (mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
  16. (obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path;passage.
    • 1557,Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey,The Second Book of Virgil's Æneid:
      A postern with a blind wicket there was, / A commontrade to pass through Priam's house
    • 1590,Edmund Spenser,The Faerie Queene, Book II:
      As Shepheardes curre, that in darke eveninges shade / Hath tracted forth some salvage beastestrade
    • c.1595,William Shakespeare,Richard II, act III, scene iii:
      Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, / Some way of commontrade, where subjects' feet / May hourly trample on their sovereign's head.
  17. (obsolete) A course; a custom; a practice; an occupation.

Hyponyms

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Hyponyms oftrade (noun)

Derived terms

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Terms derived fromtrade (noun)

Translations

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buying and selling—see alsobarter
instance of buying or selling
instance of bartering
those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
those engaged in an industry
skilled practice of an occupation
occupation in the secondary sector
business given by customers
steady winds above and below equator
publication intended for participants in an industry
slang: brief sexual encounter
instruments of any occupation
mining: refuse or rubbish from a mine
track or trail; way; path; passage
course; custom; practice; occupation
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Verb

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trade (third-person singular simple presenttrades,present participletrading,simple past and past participletraded)

  1. (ambitransitive) Toengage intrade.
    Synonym:deal
    This companytrades (in) precious metal.
    He withdrew money to his bank account after several years oftrading stocks on E-Trade.
    • 1727, John Arbuthnot,Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures‎[7], page248:
      […]a free port, where Nations warring with one another resorted with their Goods, andtraded as in a neutral Country.
  2. (finance, intransitive, copulative) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
    Apple istrading at $200.
    ExxonMobiltrades on the NYSE.
    The stock istrading rich relative to its sector.
  3. (transitive, withfor) To give (something) inexchange (for).
    Synonyms:exchange,swap,switch,truck
    Will youtrade your precious watch for my earring?
  4. (transitive) Tomutuallyexchange (something) (with).
    The rival schoolboystraded insults and punches.
    • 2007 September 25,Bungie,Halo 3,Microsoft Game Studios,Xbox 360, level/area:Terminal Six (Legendary):
      The [Halo effect] strikes our combined fleets. All ships piloted by biologicals are now [adrift]. I cantrade Mendicant ship for ship now and still prevail.
    • 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 29:08 from the start, inThe Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?‎[8], archived fromthe original on3 November 2022:
      Kalinin Bay is also in trouble,trading fire with Japanese destroyers and taking hits from both them and cruisers at the same time. Unlike theGambier Bay, however, it does not appear thatthese ships have realized they need to switch to high explosive from armor-piercing, and, despite being riddled with shellfire, the ship stays afloat, despite this rather-unequal battering going on for another twenty to thirty minutes.
  5. (transitive, withon) To use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit.
    Synonyms:exploit,capitalize on,take advantage of,use,leverage,benefit from,make use of,milk
    Some musicians try totrade on their past success by playing the same hits over and over again.
  6. (horticulture, transitive or intransitive) Togive someone aplant andreceive adifferent one inreturn.
  7. (ambitransitive) To do business; offer for sale as for one'slivelihood.
    Synonym:do business
  8. (intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
  9. (transitive) Torecommend and getrecommendations.
    Synonym:exchange

Derived terms

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Terms derived from the verb "trade"

Translations

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to engage in trade
finance: to be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
to give in exchange—see alsoswap,‎barter
to use or exploit a particular aspect
gardening: to give someone a plant and receive a different one in return
to do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
to have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with)
to recommend—seeexchange

Adjective

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trade (notcomparable)

  1. Of aproduct, produced forsale in the ordinarybulkretail trade and hence of only the mostbasicquality.

Translations

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attributive to commerce
attributive to professions

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Verb

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trade

  1. (dated or formal)singularpastsubjunctive oftreden

French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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trade

  1. inflection oftrader:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Anagrams

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Galician

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Trado ("auger")

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾade/[ˈt̪ɾa.ð̞ɪ]
  • Rhymes:-ade
  • Hyphenation:tra‧de

Etymology 1

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesetraado, independently attested (14th century); fromLate Latintaratrum(“auger”), used byIsidore of Seville. Probably fromPaleo-Hispanic or fromProto-Celtic*taratrom, alternatively fromAncient Greekτέρετρον(téretron,“borer, gimlet”), both fromProto-Indo-European*térh₁-tro-.

Cognate withPortuguesetrado,Spanishtaladro,Catalantraire,Frenchtarière,Old Irishtarathar,Old Welshtarater,Bretontarar.

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Noun

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trade m (pluraltrades)

  1. auger
    Synonyms:broca,barrena
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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trade

  1. inflection oftradar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

References

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German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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trade

  1. inflection oftraden:
    1. first-personsingularpresent
    2. first/third-personsingularsubjunctive I
    3. singularimperative

Latin

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Verb

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trāde

  1. second-personsingularpresentactiveimperative oftrādō

References

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  • “trade”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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