trade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: trades
form: trading
form: traded
form: traded
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-West Germanic *tradu, 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”).
Cognate with Dutch trade, tra (“path, trail, course, trade”), German Low German Traad (“track, wagon trail”), Luxembourgish Tratt (“step, pace”), Icelandic tröð (“a lane between fences, enclosure, pen”).
Senses: examples: text: This company trades (in) precious metal.
text: He withdrew money to his bank account after several years of trading stocks on E-Trade.
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:
synonyms: deal
glosses: To engage in trade.
examples: text: Apple is trading at $200.
text: ExxonMobil trades on the NYSE.
text: The stock is trading rich relative to its sector.
topics: business
finance
glosses: To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
examples: text: Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?
synonyms: exchange
swap
switch
truck
glosses: To give (something) in exchange (for).
raw_tags: with for
examples: text: The rival schoolboys traded insults and punches.
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):
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 03 Nov 2022:
glosses: To mutually exchange (something) (with).
examples: text: Some musicians try to trade on their past success by playing the same hits over and over again.
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.
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
synonyms: do business
glosses: To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
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]:
glosses: To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
synonyms: exchange
glosses: To recommend and get recommendations.
Synonyms: word: exchange
word: merchandise
word: trade
word: traffic
word: truck
word: wrixle
Hypernyms: word: deal
word: switch
Hyponyms: word: barter
word: buy
word: peddle
word: purchase
word: resell
word: sell
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: cross-trade
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: insider trading
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: tradable
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: trade away
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: trade blows
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: trade down
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: trade hands
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: trade in
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: trade off
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: trade paint
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: trade places
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: trade punches
sense: Terms derived from the verb "trade"
word: 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
word: transfer