trade
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,760 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,322 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services Venice was an important center of trade with the Eastthey are accused of conspiring to constrain trade
- the skilled practice of a practical occupation also: craft he learned his trade as an apprentice
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers also: patronage even before noon there was a considerable patronage
- a particular instance of buying or selling also: deal, business deal it was a package dealI had no further trade with him
- people who perform a particular kind of skilled work also: craft he represented the craft of brewersas they say in the trade
- steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator also: trade wind they rode the trade winds going west
verb
- engage in the trade of also: merchandise he is merchandising telephone sets
trade in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It must be an entirely new trade.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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You trade on the fact that you have known us all this time to monopolize her attention.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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Hollows thereof lay rich in shade By voyagers old inviolate thrown Ere Paul Pry cruised with Pelf and Trade.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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When you are busy copying French models for the fall trade you have little time or taste for Freud.
Half Portions · Edna Ferber · Chapter 1
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On certain days of the week I employ myself in editing a trade journal that has to do with haberdashery.
The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story · H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard · Chapter 1