trade (redirected from traded off)

trade  (trd)

n.

1. The business of buying and selling commodities; commerce. See Synonyms at business.

2. The people working in or associated with a business or industry: a textile-exporting publication for the trade.

3. The customers of a specified business or industry; clientele.

4. The act or an instance of buying or selling; transaction.

5. An exchange of one thing for another.

6. An occupation, especially one requiring skilled labor; craft: the building trades, including carpentry, masonry, plumbing, and electrical installation.

7. The trade winds. Often used in the plural with the.

v. trad·ed, trad·ing, trades

v.intr.

1. To engage in buying and selling for profit.

2. To make an exchange of one thing for another.

3. To shop or buy regularly: trades at the local supermarket.

v.tr.

1. To give in exchange for something else: trade farm products for manufactured goods; will trade my ticket for yours.

2. To buy and sell (stock, for example).

3. To pass back and forth: We traded jokes.

adj.

1. Of or relating to trade or commerce.

2. Relating to, used by, or serving a particular trade: a trade magazine.

3. Of or relating to books that are primarily published to be sold commercially, as in bookstores.

Phrasal Verbs:

trade down

To trade something in for something else of lower value or price: bought a new, smaller car, trading the old one down for economy.

trade in

To surrender or sell (an old or used item), using the proceeds as partial payment on a new purchase.

trade on

To put to calculated and often unscrupulous advantage; exploit: children of celebrities who trade on their family names.

trade up

To trade something in for something else of greater value or price: The value of our house soared, enabling us to trade up to a larger place.

---

[Middle English, course, from Middle Low German.]

---

trada·ble, tradea·ble adj.

---

trade

Noun

1. the buying and selling of goods and services

2. a person's job, esp. a craft requiring skill: he's a plumber by trade

3. the people and practices of an industry, craft, or business

4. amount of custom or commercial dealings: a brisk trade in second-hand weapons

5. a specified market or business: the wool trade

6. trades the trade winds

Verb

[trading, traded]

1. to buy and sell (goods)

2. to exchange: he traded a job in New York for a life as a cowboy

3. to engage in trade

4. to deal or do business (with) [Low German: track, hence a regular business]

tradable
tradeable adj
trading n
trader n

---

Trade

See also dues and payment; economics; finance; property and ownership.

cabotage

the act of navigating or trading along a coast.

chreotechnics

Rare. useful arts, as agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing.

coemption

Obsolete, the purchase of all of a given commodity in order to control its price. — coemptive, adj.

duopoly

the market condition that exists when there are only two sellers. — duopolist, n. — duopolistic, adj.

duopsony

the market condition that exists when there are only two buyers. — duopsonistic, adj.

emption

1. Rare. the act of purchasing.
2. Obsolete, the thing purchased. — emptional, adj.

emptor

Law. abuyer.

merchantry

1. merchants collectively.
2. the business of commerce or trade.

monopolism

the practices and system of a monopoly. — monopolist, n. — monopolistic, adj.

monopoly

an exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. — monopolist, n. — monopolistic, adj.

monopsony

the market condition that exists when only one buyer will purchase the products of a number of sellers. — monopsonist, n. — monopsonistic, adj.

multiopoly

the condition of free enterprise, without restriction as to the number of sellers of a given product.

multiopsony

a market condition where no restriction on the number of buyers exists. — multiopsonist, n. — multiopsonistic, adj.

oligopoly

the market condition that exists when there are few sellers. — oligopolistic, adj.

oligopsony

a market condition in which there are few buyers. — oligopsonist, n. — oligopsonistic, adj.

paternalism

fatherlike control over subordinates or employees in business. — paternalist, n. — paternalistic, adj.

preferentialism

the policy of giving preferential treatment in international trade. — preferentialist, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trade - 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" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) fair trade - trade that is conducted legally fair trade - trade that satisfies certain criteria on the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producers; often with other social and environmental considerations free trade - international trade free of government interference protect - use tariffs to favor domestic industry
	2.	trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice" craft job, line of work, occupation, business, line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" airplane mechanics - the craft of building and repairing airplanes auto mechanics - the craft of building and repairing automobiles basketry - the craft of basket making carpentry, woodworking, woodwork - the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood drafting, mechanical drawing - the craft of drawing blueprints dressmaking - the craft of making dresses electrical work - the craft of an electrician interior design, interior decoration - the trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior lumbering - the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber masonry - the craft of a mason oculism - the craft of an oculist house painting, painting - the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew" papermaking - the craft of making paper pilotage, piloting - the occupation of a pilot plumbery, plumbing - the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) pottery - the craft of making earthenware pyrotechny, pyrotechnics - the craft of making fireworks cobbling, shoe repairing, shoemaking - the shoemaker's trade roofing - the craft of a roofer sheet-metal work - the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) shingling - the laying on of shingles; "shingling is a craft very different from carpentry" tailoring - the occupation of a tailor tool-and-die work - the craft of making special tools and dies handicraft - a craft that requires skillful hands mintage - act or process of minting coins tanning - making leather from rawhide typography - the craft of composing type and printing from it undertaking - the trade of a funeral director upholstery - the craft of upholstering wine making, winemaking - the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine
	3.	trade - the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage" patronage business - the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today" custom - habitual patronage; "I have given this tailor my custom for many years"
	4.	trade - a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal" business deal, deal transaction, dealing, dealings - the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me" arms deal - a deal to provide military arms penny ante - a business deal on a trivial scale
	5.	trade - people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade" craft social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
	6.	trade - steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator; "they rode the trade winds going west" trade wind prevailing wind - the predominant wind direction; "the prevailing wind is from the southwest"
	7.	trade - an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" barter, swap, swop interchange, exchange - reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" horse trade, horse trading - the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining)
Verb	1.	trade - engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets" merchandise commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) black market, run - deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor traffic - trade or deal a commodity; "They trafficked with us for gold" arbitrage - practice arbitrage, as in the stock market traffic - deal illegally; "traffic drugs" market - engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" import - bring in from abroad export - sell or transfer abroad; "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance"
	2.	trade - turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase; "trade in an old car for a new one" trade in commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) exchange, interchange, change - give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" barter away - trade in in a bartering transaction
	3.	trade - be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions; "The stock traded around $20 a share" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) sell - be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes" close - be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"
	4.	trade - exchange or give (something) in exchange for swap, swop, switch exchange, interchange, change - give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
	5.	trade - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" sell, deal commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) push - sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs" transact - conduct business; "transact with foreign governments" deal - sell; "deal hashish" deal - sell; "deal hashish" black marketeer - deal on the black market pyramid - use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal market - deal in a market hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, vend, pitch - sell or offer for sale from place to place sell - be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes"

---

trade

noun 1. commerce, business, transactions, buying and selling, dealing, exchange, traffic, truck, barter

noun 2. job, employment, calling, business, line, skill, craft, profession, occupation, pursuit, line of work, métier, avocation

noun 3. exchange, deal, swap, interchange

verb 4. deal, do business, buy and sell, exchange, traffic, truck, bargain, peddle, barter, transact, cut a deal, have dealings

verb 5. exchange, switch, swap, barter

verb 6. operate, run, deal, do business >> adjective mercantile

Translations

trade [treɪd] n → comercio, negocio (= skill, job); oficio, empleo (= industry); industria

vi → negociar, comerciar;

foreign trade → comercio exterior

trade in vt [+ old car etc] → ofrecer como parte del pago

trade [treɪd] n → commerce m (= skill, job); métier m

vi → faire du commerce

vt (= exchange);

to trade sth (for sth) → échanger qch (contre qch);

to trade with/in → faire du commerce avec/le commerce de;

foreign trade → commerce extérieur;

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) (Brit) → ministère m du Commerce et de l'Industrie

trade in vt [+ old car etc] → faire reprendre

trade [treɪd] n (activity) → Handel m;

(skill, job) → Handwerk nt

vi (= do business) → handeln

vt to trade sth (for sth) → etw (gegen etw) eintauschen;

foreign trade → Außenhandel m;

Department of Trade and Industry (Brit) → Wirtschaftsministerium nt;

to trade with → Handel treiben mit;

to trade in (merchandise) → handeln in +dat

trade in trade vt → in Zahlung geben

trade [treɪd] n → commercio (= skill, job); mestiere m (= industry); industria, settore m

vi → commerciare;

to trade with/in → commerciare con/in;

foreign trade → commercio estero;

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) (BRIT) → Ministero del Commercio

trade in vt [+ old car etc] → dare come pagamento parziale

---

trade

n trade [treid]

1 the buying and selling of goods Japan does a lot of trade with Britain.handelتِجارَهтърговияobchodhandel; samhandelder Handelεμπόριοcomerciokaubavahetus, kaubitsemineتجارتkaupankäynticommerceמִסחָרव्यापारtrgovinakereskedelemperdaganganviðskipticommercio貿易통상, 무역prekybatirdzniecībaperdaganganhandelhandelhandelcomérciocomerţторговляobchodtrgovinatrgovinahandelการค้าขายticaret貿易торгівляخريد و فروختthương mại, sự buôn bán贸易

2 (a) business, occupation, or job He's in the jewellery trade.bedryfحِرْفَه، مِهْنَه، عَمَل تِجاريпрофесияzaměstnání, živnostbranche; -branchedas Gewerbeεπάγγελμα, τέχνηnegocio; industriaalaحرفه؛ کارalamétier, professionעָנָףव्यापारposao, zanimanjeszakmabisnisatvinnugrein, starflavoro, mestiere職業직업verslas, užsiėmimasarods; profesijaperdaganganvakbransje, næring, fagzawódcomércioprofesie, meserieрод занятий;профессияzamestnanie, živnosťpoklicposaoyrke, hantverk, branschอาชีพmeslek, iş行業，職業заняття; професіяتجارت، پيشہ، کامnghề nghiệp行业，职业

v

1 (often with in or with) to buy and sell They made a lot of money by trading; They trade in fruit and vegetables.handel dryfيُتاجِرтъргувамobchodovathandle; handle medhandelnεμπορεύομαιcomerciarkauplemaتجارت کردنkäydä kauppaacommercerלִסחוֹרव्यापार करनाtrgovatikereskedikberdagangversla með, stunda viðskipticommerciare商売をする장사[]하다prekiautitirgotiesberjualhandel drijvenomsette, handlehandlowaćnegociara face comerţ (cu)торговатьobchodovaťtrgovatitrgovatihandla [], idka handelค้าขายticaret/iş yapmak經商，貿易торгуватиتجارت کرناkinh doanh经商，贸易

2 to exchange I traded my watch for a bicycle.ruilيُبادِل، يَتَبادَل البَضائِعразменямvyměnitbyttetauschenανταλλάσσωcambiarvahetamaمعوضه کردنvaihtaaéchangerלְהַחֲלִיףवस्तु विनिमय करनाtrampiti, zamijenitivmit vmire becseréltukar-menukarskipta á, bÿttascambiare交換する교환하다išmainytiiemainītmenukarkan sst dgn sstruilenbytte; utvekslewymienićtrocara da la schimbобменивать(ся)vymeniťzamenjatitrampitibytaแลกเปลี่ยนtakas etmek, değiştirmek對換мінятиتبادلہ کرناtrao đổi对换

n ˈtrader

a person who trades. handelaarتاجِرтърговецobchodník, -icehandelsmandder/die Händler(in)έμποροςcomerciantekaupmeesتاجرkauppiascommerçant/-anteסוֹחֵרव्यापारीtrgovackereskedőpedagangkaupmaðurcommerciante商人상인prekiautojas, pirklystirgotājspedaganghandelaarnæringsdrivende, handelsmannkupiec, handlarznegocianteco­mer­ciantторговецobchodník, -čkatrgovectrgovacköpmanผู้ค้าtüccar商人торговець, крамарتاجرthương gia商人

nouns ˈtrademark, *ˈtradename

an officially registered mark or name belonging to a particular company, and not to be used by anyone else, that is put on all goods made by the company. handelsmerkعَلامَه تِجاريَّه، مارْكَهзапазена маркаobchodní značkavaremærkedie Schutzmarkeεμπορικό σήμαmarca registradakaubamärkعلامت تجاریtavaramerkkimarque déposéeסֶמֶל מִסחָרִיव्यावसायिक चिह्नzaštićeni znakvédjegymerek dagangvörumerkimarchio (depositato)商標상표(명)prekės ženklas, firmos ženklasfirmas/preču zīmecap daganghandelsmerkvaremerkeznak handlowymarca registadamarcă înregistratăторговая маркаobchodná značka, obchodný názovtovarniški zaščitni znakzaštitni znakvarumärke, firmamärkeเครื่องหมายการค้าmarka商標товарний знак, брендتجارکہ نشان، مارکہthương hiệu商标

n ˈtradesman [ˈtreidz-]

1 a shopkeeper. winkelierتاجِر، صاحِب حانوتсобственик на магазинobchodník, kupec(en) handlendeder/die Ladeninhaber(in)καταστηματάρχης, λιανέμποροςcomerciantekaupmeesمغازه دارkauppiascommerçant/-anteבַּעַל חָנוּתदुकानदारtrgovac, vlasnik trgovinekereskedő, boltospemilik tokoverslunarmaðurnegoziante, commerciante商店主(소매) 상인krautuvininkasveikalniekspekedaiwinkelierhandels-/kjøpmannsklepikarzcomerciantecomerciantлавочник; торговецobchodník, kupectrgovectrgovachandlare, handelsmanเจ้าของร้านesnaf零售商торговець, крамарدکان دارngười chủ hiệu零售商

2 a workman in a skilled job My husband cannot mend the television-set – I'll have to send for a tradesman.vakmanفَنِّي، مُخْتَصзанаятчияodborníkfagmandder Handwerkerτεχνίτηςtécnicooskustöölineپیشه ورammatti-ihminenspécialisteבַּעַל מִקצוֹעַobrtnik, majstoriparos; szakemberteknisiiðnaðarmaðurtecnico職人장인, 숙련공meistrasamatnieks; meistarstukangvakmanhåndverkerfachowiectécnicomeseriaş; specialistмастерodborník, remeselníkobrtnikmajstorhantverkare, reparatörคนที่มีอาชีพที่ต้องใช้ฝีมือ เช่น ช่างไม้usta技術工人спеціалістکاري گرngười giao hàng技术工人

trade(s) union

a group of workers of the same trade who join together to bargain with employers for fair wages, better working conditions etc. vakbondنِقابَة عُمّالпрофесионален съюзodboryfagforeningdie Gewerkschaftεργατικό σωματείοsindicatoametiühingاتحادیه کارگریammattiyhdistyssyndicatאִיגוּד מִקצוֹעִיमजदूर संघradnički sindikatszakszervezetserikat buruhstéttar/-verkalÿðsfélagsindacato労働組合노동 조합profsąjungaarodbiedrībakesatuan sekerjavakbondfagforeningzwiązek zawodowysindicatosindicatпрофсоюз; тред-юнионodborydelavski sindikatsindikatfackföreningสหภาพแรงงานişçi sendikası工會профспілкаٹريڈ يونين، کسي تجارت کے کارکنان کي جماعتhiệp hội thương mại工会

trade(s) unionist

). vakbondlidعَضو في نِقابَة العُمّالчлен на професионален съюзodborářfagforeningsmedlemder/die Gewerkschafterler(in)συνδικαλιστής, συνδικαλισμόςsindicalista; sindicalismoametiühinguliigeعضو اتحادیه کارگریammattiyhdistysihminen, ammattiyhdistysliikesyndicaliste; syndicalismeחַבֵר בְּאִיגוּד מִקצוֹעִיश्रमिक संघवादsindikalistszakszervezeti taganggota serikat buruhfélagi í verkalÿðsfélagisindacalista労働組合員노동 조합 주의profsąjungos narysarodbiedrības biedrsahli (aktif) kesatuan sekerjavakbondslidfagforeningsmedlem; arbeid for opprettelse av fagforeningerzwiązkowiecoperário sindicalizadosin­di­ca­list; sindi­ca­lismтред-юнионист;тред-юнионизмodborárčlan delavskega sindikatasindikalacfackföreningsmedlemสมาชิกสหภาพแรงงาน(işçi) sendikalı工會會員член профспілкиٹريڈ يونين کا ممبرthành viên hiệp hội thương mại工会会员

trade wind

a wind that blows towards the equator (from the north-east and south-east). passaatwindريح تِجارِيَّه، رياح تَهُب نحو خط الإسْتِواءпасатpasátpassatvindder Passatμελτέμιviento alisiopassaatباد مداوم جنوب شرقی یا شمال خاوریpasaatituuli(vent) alizéרוּחַ קְבוּעָה וַחֲזָקַהपूर्वी हवाpasatni vjetarpasszátszélangin pasatstaðvindur(vento) aliseo貿易風무역풍pasataspasātsangin pasatpassaatwindpassat(vind)pasatvento alísio(vânt) alizeuпассатpasátpasatni vetervetar koji duva ka ekvatorupassadvindลมสินค้าalize rüzgarı信風пасатخط استوا کي طرف چلنے والي ہوائيںgió mậu dịch信风

trade in

inruilيَشْتَري ويُعْطي السَّيّاره كجُزءْ من الثَّمَنзаменямdát na protiúčetgive i (delvis) udbetaling; give i byttein Zahlung gebenδίνω σε αντάλλαγμα, ανταλλαγήdar como parte del pago, dar como entrada(juurdemaksuga) ümber vahetamaمبادله کردنantaa vaihdossafaire reprendre; (n.) repriseלְהַחֲלִיף ב-आंशिक अदायगीzamijenitikicserél, becseréltukar tambahhlutur látinn upp í greiðslu á nÿjum hlutcedere下取りに出すatiduoti (ką sena perkant nauja)nodot lietotu mantu, lai piemaksājot nopirktu jaunutukar beliinruilenbytte innwymienić za dopłatątrocar em pagamento parciala face comerţ/schimb; comerţ, schimbсдавать вещь в счёт оплаты новойdať na protiúčet, urobiť výmenudati staro za novotrampitibyta inกิจการซื้อขายแลกเปลี่ยนfiyat farkı verip eskiyi yeniyle değiştirmek折價віддавати стару річ в рахунок оплати новоїبدلے ميں ديناtrao đổi折价