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trade

The English word “trade” has 26 meanings listed here.

  1. The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
  2. A particular instance of buying or selling, or a series of related transactions executed as a single investment.
  3. An idea or strategy for an investment on a market.
  4. An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
  5. Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
  6. The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
  7. An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
  8. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
  9. Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
  10. A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
  11. A masculine man available for casual sex with men, often for pay. (Compare rough trade.)
  12. Instruments of any occupation.
  13. Short for trade paperback
  14. Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
  15. A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
  16. A course; a custom; a practice; an occupation.
  17. To engage in trade.
  18. To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
  19. To give (something) in exchange (for).
  20. To mutually exchange (something) (with).
  21. To use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit.
  22. To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
  23. To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
  24. To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
  25. To recommend and get recommendations.
  26. Of a product, produced for sale in the ordinary bulk retail trade and hence of only the most basic quality.
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