Trade

  • 51trade — {{11}}trade (n.) late 14c., path, track, course of action, introduced by the Hanse merchants, from M.Du. or M.L.G. trade track, course (probably originally of a trading ship), cognate with O.E. tredan (see TREAD (Cf. tread)). Sense of one s… …

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  • 52trade — es·trade; in·ter·trade; pil·as·trade; trade; trade·ful; trade·less; coun·ter·trade; trade·craft; bal·us·trade; …

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  • 53trade — 1. adjective /tɹeɪd/ relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce; a trade fair; trade journals; trade goods. 2. noun /tɹeɪd/ a) The commercial buying and selling of goods and services. The skilled trades were the first to organize… …

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  • 54TRADE —    Exchange was already flourishing in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of central Italy. By the later phases of the Bronze Age, the exchange of finished bronze products had become a key element of the intensifying economy. In terms of external trade …

    Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans

  • 55trade — /treɪd/ noun 1. the business of buying and selling 2. ♦ to do a good trade in a range of products to sell a large number of a range of products 3. a particular type of business, or people or companies dealing in the same type of product ● He’s in …

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  • 56trade-in — /trayd in /, n. 1. goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase: We used our old car as a trade in for the new one. 2. a business transaction involving a trade in. adj. 3. of or pertaining to the valuation of goods used in a trade …

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  • 57Trade — (as used in expressions) European Free Trade Association General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Trade, Board of Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations United Nations Conference on Trade and Development World Trade Center …

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  • 58trade — 1. noun 1) the illicit trade in stolen cattle Syn: commerce, buying and selling, dealing, traffic, trafficking, business, marketing, merchandising; dealings, transactions, deal making 2) we shook hands as we made the trade Syn …

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  • 59Trade — A basic economic concept that involves multiple parties participating in the voluntary negotiation and then the exchange of one s goods and services for desired goods and services that someone else possesses. The advent of money as a medium of… …

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  • 60trade in — Synonyms and related words: bargain, barter, be in, blind bargain, buy and sell, carry, change, deal, deal in, dicker, do business, exchange, give in exchange, handle, hard bargain, horse trade, horse trade, interchange, job, market, merchandise …

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