Meaning & use
trade
The activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods and services between people or countries.
See it in a sentence
International trade between the two nations grew rapidly after the agreement was signed.
He learned his trade as a carpenter through a five-year apprenticeship.
A note on using this word
Trade also means a skilled occupation, as in "learn a trade," separate from its sense of buying and selling.
Words with a similar meaning
commerceexchange
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To buy, sell, or exchange goods, services, or assets.
The two neighbors traded vegetables from their gardens every summer.
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