| trade | |
| 1. n. Buying and selling of goods and services on a market. | |
| 2. n. A particular instance of buying or selling. | |
| I did no trades with them once the rumors started. | |
| 3. n. An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another. | |
| 4. n. Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work. | |
| The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions. | |
| 5. n. Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries. | |
| It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade. | |
| 6. n. The skilled practice of a practical occupation. | |
| He learned his trade as an apprentice. | |
| 7. n. (or un) An occupation in the secondary sector; as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one. | |
| After failing his entrance exams, he decided to go into a trade. | |
| Most veterans went into trade when the war ended. | |
| 8. n. (UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers. | |
| Even before noon there was considerable trade. | |
| 9. n. (mostly, in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator. | |
| They rode the trades going west. | |
| 10. n. (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries. | |
| Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades. | |
| 11. n. (LGBT, slang) A brief sexual encounter. | |
| Josh picked up some trade last night. | |
| 12. n. (obsolete) Instruments of any occupation. | |
| 13. n. (mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine. | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage. | |
| 15. n. (obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive) To engage in trade | |
| This company trades in precious metal. | |
| 17. v. (intransitive) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions. | |
| 18. v. To give (something) in exchange for. | |
| Will you trade your precious watch for my earring? | |
| 19. v. (gardening, transitive, or intransitive) To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return. | |
| 20. v. (intransitive, or transitive) To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood. | |
| 21. v. (intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with). | |
