trade (noun)
1trade fair — UK US noun [countable] [singular trade fair plural trade fairs] an event at which companies show their new products Thesaurus: expositions and showssynonym official meetings and conferences …
2trade — ► NOUN 1) the buying and selling of goods and services. 2) a commercial activity of a particular kind: the tourist trade. 3) a job requiring manual skills and special training. 4) (the trade) (treated as sing. or pl. ) the people engaged in a… …
3trade — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 buying/selling of goods/services ADJECTIVE ▪ booming, brisk, burgeoning, expanding, flourishing, lively, roaring, thriving ▪ …
4trade unionism — noun the system or principles and theory of labor unions • Syn: ↑unionism • Derivationally related forms: ↑unionist (for: ↑unionism) • Hypernyms: ↑labor movement, ↑ …
5trade gap — noun the difference in value over a period of time of a country s imports and exports of merchandise a nation s balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports • Syn: ↑balance of trade, ↑trade balance, ↑visible balance •… …
6trade wind — noun steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator they rode the trade winds going west • Syn: ↑trade • Hypernyms: ↑prevailing wind * * * noun Etymology: trade (IV …
7trade — 1 n 1 a: the business or work in which one engages regularly b: an occupation requiring manual or mechanical skill c: the persons engaged in an occupation 2: the business of buying and selling or bartering commodities 3: an act or instance of… …
8trade school — noun a secondary school teaching the skilled trades (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑vocational school • Hypernyms: ↑secondary school, ↑lyceum, ↑lycee, ↑Gymnasium, ↑middle school * * * …
9trade balance — noun the difference in value over a period of time of a country s imports and exports of merchandise a nation s balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports • Syn: ↑balance of trade, ↑visible balance, ↑trade gap • Hypernyms:… …
10trade route — noun 1. a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑seaway, ↑sea lane, ↑ship route • Hypernyms: ↑lane • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Saint La …
