trade (English, verb)
Pronunciation: tags: General-American
Received-Pronunciation
ipa: /tɹeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Etymology: From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, course”), from Old Saxon trada (“spoor, track”), from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“track, way”), and cognate with Old English tredan (“to tread”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to tread, walk, step, run”).
Definitions: examples: text: This company trades (in) precious metal.
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text: He withdrew money to his bank account after several years of trading stocks on E-Trade.
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text: […]a free port, where Nations warring with one another resorted with their Goods, and traded as in a neutral Country.
ref: 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures, page 248:
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synonyms: deal
glosses: To engage in trade.
tags: ambitransitive
examples: text: Apple is trading at $200.
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text: ExxonMobil trades on the NYSE.
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text: The stock is trading rich relative to its sector.
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topics: business
finance
glosses: To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
tags: copulative
intransitive
examples: text: Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?
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synonyms: exchange
swap
switch
truck
glosses: To give (something) in exchange (for).
tags: transitive
raw_tags: with for
examples: text: The rival schoolboys traded insults.
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text: The [Halo effect] strikes our combined fleets. All ships piloted by biologicals are now [adrift]. I can trade Mendicant ship for ship now and still prevail.
ref: 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Six (Legendary):
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text: Kalinin Bay is also in trouble, trading fire with Japanese destroyers and taking hits from both them and cruisers at the same time. Unlike the Gambier Bay, however, it does not appear that these ships have realized they need to switch to high explosive from armor-piercing, and, despite being riddled with shellfire, the ship stays afloat, despite this rather-unequal battering going on for another twenty to thirty minutes.
ref: 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 29:08 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03:
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glosses: To mutually exchange (something) (with).
tags: transitive
examples: text: Some musicians try to trade on their past success by playing the same hits over and over again.
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synonyms: exploit
capitalize on
take advantage of
use
leverage
benefit from
make use of
milk
glosses: To use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit.
tags: transitive
with-on
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
tags: intransitive
transitive
synonyms: do business
glosses: To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
tags: ambitransitive
examples: text: Saucy and over bold, how did you dare / To trade and traffic with Macbeth
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
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glosses: To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
tags: intransitive
synonyms: exchange
glosses: To recommend and get recommendations.
tags: transitive
Forms: form: trades
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: trading
tags: participle
present
form: traded
tags: participle
past
form: traded
tags: past
Synonyms: word: exchange
word: merchandise
word: trade
word: traffic
word: truck
word: wrixle
tags: obsolete
Hypernyms: word: deal
word: switch
Hyponyms: word: barter
word: buy
word: peddle
word: purchase
word: resell
word: sell
Derived terms: cross-trade
insider trading
tradable
trade away
trade down
trade hands
trade in
trade off
trade paint
trade places
trade up
Related terms: word: commerce
word: commercialization
word: commodification
word: commoditization
word: dealer
word: dealing
word: distributor
word: economy
word: marketer
word: merchandizer
word: merchandizing
word: merchant
word: monger
word: peddler
word: pedlar
word: political economy
word: purchaser
word: retail
word: retailer
word: sales
word: salesperson
word: selling
word: trader
word: wholesale
word: wholesaler
word: retail store