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Synonyms for trade
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Wiktionary
tradeverb
Synonyms:
commercetradenoun
To engage in trade
This company trades in precious metal.
Synonyms:
dealtradeverb
To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
stock trade
tradenoun
To give (something) in exchange for.
Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?
tradenoun
Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.
Synonyms:
business, make a deal, do businesstradenoun
The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
He learned his trade as an apprentice.
Synonyms:
crafttradenoun
The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
Even before noon there was considerable trade.
Synonyms:
patronage
English Synonyms and Antonyms
trade
A business is what one follows regularly; an occupation is what he happens at any time to be engaged in; trout-fishing may be one's occupation for a time, as a relief from business; business is ordinarily for profit, while the occupation may be a matter of learning, philanthropy, or religion. A profession implies scholarship; as, the learned professions. Pursuit is an occupation which one follows with ardor. An avocation is what calls one away from other work; a vocation or calling, that to which one is called by some special fitness or sense of duty; thus, we speak of the gospel ministry as a vocation or calling, rather than a business. Trade or trading is, in general, the exchanging of one thing for another; in the special sense, a trade is an occupation involving manual training and skilled labor; as, the ancient Jews held that every boy should learn a trade. A transaction is a single action, whether in business, diplomacy, or otherwise; affair has a similar, but lighter meaning; as, this little affair; an important transaction. The plural affairs has a distinctive meaning, including all activities where men deal with one another on any considerable scale; as, a man of affairs. A job is a piece of work viewed as a single undertaking, and ordinarily paid for as such. Trade and commerce may be used as equivalents, but trade is capable of a more limited application; we speak of the trade of a village, the commerce of a nation. Barter is the direct exchange of commodities; business, trade, and commerce are chiefly transacted by means of money, bills of exchange, etc. Business, occupation, etc., may be what one does independently; employment may be in the service of another. Work is any application of energy to secure a result, or the result thus secured; thus, we speak of the work of God. Art in the industrial sense is a system of rules and accepted methods for the accomplishment of some practical result; as, the art of printing; collectively, the arts. A craft is some occupation requiring technical skill or manual dexterity, or the persons, collectively, engaged in its exercise; as, the weaver's craft.
Synonyms:
affair, art, avocation, barter, business, calling, commerce, concern, craft, duty, employment, handicraft, job, occupation, profession, trading, traffic, transaction, vocation, workPreposition:
The business of a druggist; in business with his father; doing business for his father; have you business with me? business in New York; business about, concerning, or in regard to certain property.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
tradenoun
Synonyms:
traffic, commerce, dealing, exchange, buying and selling, employment, occupation
Princeton's WordNet
tradenoun
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"
Synonyms:
business deal, deal, swop, patronage, trade wind, barter, craft, swaptrade, craftnoun
the skilled practice of a practical occupation
"he learned his trade as an apprentice"
Synonyms:
foxiness, cunning, deal, trade wind, craftsmanship, business deal, workmanship, craftiness, patronage, barter, wiliness, guile, craft, slyness, swap, swoptrade, patronagenoun
the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
"even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
Synonyms:
condescension, business deal, backup, deal, swop, patronage, trade wind, business, backing, barter, clientele, craft, championship, disdain, swapdeal, trade, business dealnoun
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"
Synonyms:
tidy sum, pot, peck, mint, swop, plenty, lot, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, softwood, bargain, pile, muckle, business deal, good deal, stack, mountain, deal, craft, trade wind, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, mess, sight, mass, spate, swap, great deal, barter, patronage, handcraft, tradenoun
people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
"he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"
Synonyms:
foxiness, cunning, trade wind, craftsmanship, business deal, workmanship, craftiness, guile, patronage, swop, barter, wiliness, craft, slyness, swap, dealtrade wind, tradenoun
steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
"they rode the trade winds going west"
Synonyms:
business deal, deal, swop, patronage, trade wind, barter, craft, swapbarter, swap, swop, tradeverb
an equal exchange
"we had no money so we had to live by barter"
Synonyms:
business deal, deal, swop, patronage, trade wind, barter, craft, swaptrade, merchandiseverb
engage in the trade of
"he is merchandising telephone sets"
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switch, merchandise, deal, swop, trade in, sell, swaptrade, trade inverb
turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
"trade in an old car for a new one"
Synonyms:
switch, merchandise, deal, swop, trade in, sell, swaptradeverb
be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
"The stock traded around $20 a share"
Synonyms:
deal, swop, switch, trade in, swap, merchandise, selltrade, swap, swop, switchverb
exchange or give (something) in exchange for
Synonyms:
merchandise, change, throw, interchange, tack, alternate, deal, shift, switch over, exchange, trade in, flip-flop, switch, sell, change over, swap, flip, swopdeal, sell, tradeverb
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
"She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
Synonyms:
betray, shell out, swop, plow, carry on, lot, swap, apportion, dish out, deal out, allot, care, portion out, sell, consider, take, treat, share, trade in, dispense, dole out, divvy up, grapple, switch, deal, parcel out, manage, merchandise, contend, administer, address, make out, mete out, distribute, handle, conduct, cover, cope, make do, get by, look at
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Editors Contribution
silent barter
Dictionary of English Synonymes
tradenoun
Synonyms:
traffic, commerce, barter, dealing, business, purchase and sale, buying and selling, exchange of commoditiestradenoun
Synonyms:
occupation (especially a mechanical one), employment, business, calling, pursuit, vocation, crafttradeverb
Synonyms:
traffic, deal, bargain, chaffer, carry on commerce, buy and sell, drive a trade, drive a bargaintradeverb
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
tradenoun
Synonyms:
commerce, barter, traffic, business, handicraftAssociated words:
technical, technology, technicals, technicality, technological, polytechnic, polytechnics, vocational, mercurytradenoun
Synonyms:
crafttradeverb
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "trade":
commerce, commercial, trading, business, exchanges, trafficking, exchange, comercio, trades, handel, commercio, handels, comercial, traffic, commerciales, handels-, mercantil, merchant, marketing, trade-, industry, trade-related, shopping, kereskedelmi, commerciale, market
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How to use trade in a sentence?
We deepened our understanding of each other's positions on trade. However, we're not in complete agreement, there are still some gaps. We need to work to narrow our differences.
There is a close relationship between religious extremism and illegal drug trade. Our efforts to eradicate the drugs menace from the country could have advanced the ISIS attack.
A trade war, especially at this point in time, where the world economy is going through a historical downturn, would hurt the economy, jobs and confidence even further, a multilateral solution... is clearly the best way forward.
The markets are pricing in a 25-basis-point rate cut in July, when you see the narrative that the market is painting, that it is all down to the negative implications from the trade war and the reduction of global trade.
China's stock market has become increasingly immune to bad news from the trade war. No more panic selling.
Translations for trade
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- ambag, handel, ruilAfrikaans
- تجارةArabic
- obchodCzech
- byttehandel, handelDanish
- Kommerz, Tausch, Handel, Handwerk, Passat, Geschäft, Facharbeiter, PassatwindGerman
- εμπόριοGreek
- interŝanĝiEsperanto
- gremio, comercio, comerciarSpanish
- تجارتPersian
- pasaati, pasaatituuli, kauppa, vaihtokauppa, ammatti, ammattilainen, ammattilehti, poka, kaupankäynti, ammattikunta, ammattitaitoFinnish
- commerce, métier, échangerFrench
- trádáilIrish
- cochionneeaghtManx
- סחר, מסחרHebrew
- तिजारत, व्यापारHindi
- kereskedelemHungarian
- առևտուր, արհեստArmenian
- iðn, viðskipti, verslun, skipti, kaup, skiptaIcelandic
- commercio, mestiereItalian
- סַחַרHebrew
- 交易, 商売, 貿易風, 貿易, トレードJapanese
- ყიდის, გადაცვლისGeorgian
- 거래, 교환, 기술, 교역, 교환하다, 바꾸다, 무역Korean
- kaulēšanās, tirgošanāsLatvian
- mahi-ā-reheMāori
- тргување, занает, трговија, струкаMacedonian
- handel, gildeDutch
- håndverk, fag, handelNorwegian
- naʼiiniʼNavajo, Navaho
- transakcja, profesja, handel, zawód, fachPolish
- negócio, ofício, freguesia, comércio, troca, trocarPortuguese
- meserieRomanian
- обме́н, торго́вля, комме́рция, ремесло́, профе́ссия, пасса́т, сделкаRussian
- обход, trgovina, izmena, занат, размена, измена, трговина, razmena, obhod, zanatSerbo-Croatian
- handel, yrkesman, yrke, hantverk, fackmanSwedish
- வர்த்தகTamil
- వర్తకము, వాణిజ్యముTelugu
- พาณิชย์, ธุรกิจ, การค้าThai
- تجارتUrdu
- buôn bán, thương mại, thương nghiệpVietnamese
- 贸易Chinese
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