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11trade — ► 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… …
12Trade and development — Trade is a key factor in economic development. A successful use of trade can boost a country s development. On the other hand, opening up markets to international trade may leave local producers swamped by more competitive foreign… …
13Trade unions in South Africa — have a history dating back to the 1880s. From the beginning unions could be viewed as a reflection of the racial disunity of the country, with the earliest unions being predominantly for white workers. cite book year = 2005 title = Trade Unions… …
14trade libel — n: disparagement (1) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. trade libel …
15Trade unions in the Soviet Union — trace their history back to Russian Revolution of 1905. Many trade unions were shut down or restricted on the eve of World War I and during the War, but they revived after the February Revolution and their leaders were democratically elected… …
16trade — 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… …
17Trade Adjustment Assistance — (TAA) is a program of the United States Department of Labor that provides a variety of reemployment services and benefits to workers who have lost their jobs or suffered a reduction of hours and wages as a result of increased imports or shifts in …
18trade barrier — ˈtrade ˌbarrier noun [countable] another name for barrier to trade * * * Artificial restraint on the free exchange of goods and services between countries, usually in the form of tariffs, subsidies, quotas or exchange controls. * * * trade… …
19trade deficit — ➔ deficit * * * trade deficit UK US noun [C, usually singular] (also trade gap) ECONOMICS, COMMERCE, FINANCE ► a situation in which the value of goods that a country imports is more than the value of goods it exports, or the size of this… …
20trade unions — Trade unions are associations of workers who combine to safeguard their collective interest and to maintain or improve their working conditions and wage levels. Union aims can be industrial, social or political. They are either closed… …
