trade
1. the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services (Freq. 16)
- Venice was an important center of trade with the East
- they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade
• Members of this Topic:
protect
• Hypernyms:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hyponyms:
fair trade, free trade
2. the skilled practice of a practical occupation (Freq. 16)
- he learned his trade as an apprentice
• Syn:
craft
• Derivationally related forms:
craft (for: craft)
• Hypernyms:
occupation, business, job, line of work, line
• Hyponyms:
airplane mechanics, auto mechanics, basketry, carpentry, woodworking,
woodwork, drafting, mechanical drawing, dressmaking, electrical work, interior decoration,
interior design, lumbering, masonry, oculism, painting, house painting,
papermaking, piloting, pilotage, plumbing, plumbery, pottery,
pyrotechnics, pyrotechny, shoemaking, shoe repairing, cobbling, roofing,
sheet-metal work, shingling, tailoring, tool-and-die work, handicraft, mintage,
tanning, typography, undertaking, upholstery, winemaking, wine making
3. the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers (Freq. 6)
- even before noon there was a considerable patronage
• Syn:
patronage
• Derivationally related forms:
patronage (for: patronage)
• Hypernyms:
business
• Hyponyms:
custom
4. a particular instance of buying or selling (Freq. 3)
- it was a package deal
- I had no further trade with him
- he's a master of the business deal
• Syn:
deal, business deal
• Derivationally related forms:
deal (for: deal)
• Hypernyms:
transaction, dealing, dealings
• Hyponyms:
arms deal, penny ante
5. people who perform a particular kind of skilled work (Freq. 2)
- he represented the craft of brewers
- as they say in the trade
• Syn:
craft
• Derivationally related forms:
craft (for: craft)
• Hypernyms:
class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class
6. steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
- they rode the trade winds going west
• Syn:
trade wind
• Hypernyms:
prevailing wind
7. an equal exchange
- we had no money so we had to live by barter
• Syn:
barter, swap, swop
• Derivationally related forms:
swop (for: swop), swap (for: swap), barter (for: barter)
• Hypernyms:
exchange, interchange
• Hyponyms:
horse trade, horse trading
1. engage in the trade of (Freq. 6)
- he is merchandising telephone sets
• Syn:
merchandise
• Derivationally related forms:
merchandiser (for: merchandise), merchandising (for: merchandise), merchandise (for: merchandise), trader
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hyponyms:
run, black market, traffic, arbitrage, market,
import, export
• Entailment:
buy, purchase, sell
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase (Freq. 6)
- trade in an old car for a new one
• Syn:
trade in
• Derivationally related forms:
trade-in (for: trade in)
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
exchange, change, interchange
• Hyponyms:
barter away
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions (Freq. 2)
- The stock traded around $20 a share
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
sell
• Hyponyms:
close
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
4. exchange or give (something) in exchange for (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
swap, swop, switch
• Derivationally related forms:
switch (for: switch), switching (for: switch), swop (for: swop), swap (for: swap)
• Hypernyms:
exchange, change, interchange
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They trade the tourists their cars
5. do business;
offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- She deals in gold
- The brothers sell shoes
• Syn:
deal, sell
• See Also:
deal out (for: deal), trade (for: deal)
• Derivationally related forms:
trading, sell (for: sell), seller (for: sell), selling (for: sell), dealer (for: deal), deal (for: deal), dealings (for: deal), dealing (for: deal)
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
transact
• Hyponyms:
push, deal, black marketeer, pyramid, market,
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
• Verb Group:
deal, sell
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
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