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tradenoun a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for anotherwhen the other team unexpectedly offered to hand over its top pitcher for our star shortstop, our coach agreed to the trade back-and-forth, barter, commutation, dicker, exchange, quid pro quo, swap, trade-off, truck replacement, substitutionreciprocation, recompense, requitalbargain, deal, horse trade, negotiation, transactionbargaining, dealing, dickering, haggling, horse tradinglogrolling an occupation requiring skillful use of the handsa youth eager to learn the trade of cabinetmaking art, craft, handcraft, handicraft skillcalling, métier(also metier), occupation, profession, vocation the activity by which one regularly makes a livingwriting is my trade calling, employment, game, lay, line, occupation, profession, vocation, work call, lifeworkbusiness, enterprise, field, livelihood, living, métier(also metier), racket(slang)assignment, engagement, gig, missionart, craft, handcraft, handicraftappointment, berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situationduty, function, job, load, task, workload avocation, hobby, pursuit the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different placesa bill regulating trade with that country the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a pricethe trade of all of her holdings in the company just before the stock plunged in value immediately aroused suspicions deal, sale, transaction auction, silent auctionhaggle, horse-trading, negotiationbargain, buy, stealpurchaseclearance, closeout, fire salefairgarage sale, jumble sale(British), rummage sale, tag sale, yard sale tradeverbto carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other propertythe U.S. agreed to trade with China deal, traffic bargain, barter, horse-trade, negotiate, transactauction, exchange, merchandise(also merchandize), rebuy, resell, swapbuy, pick up, purchase, takedistribute, fair-trade, market, peddle, retail, sell, supply, vend, wholesaleblack-market, bootleg, fence, smugglecorner, engross, monopolize, undersellday-trade, invest, speculate black(chiefly British), blackball, boycott to give up (something) and take something else in returnI'll trade my chocolate chip cookie for your bag of chips change, commute, exchange, shift, substitute, swap, switch interchangedisplace, replace, supersedecede, hand over, surrender, yieldreciprocate n.business, commerce, trade, industry, traffic mean activity concerned with the supplying and distribution of commodities.business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions.commerce and trade imply the exchange and transportation of commodities.industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing, usually on a large scale.traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons. in the 15th century |