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say it: trayd
trade is a noun and verb meaning "the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services". It carries 12 recorded senses.
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
“Venice was an important center of trade with the East”
“they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade”
a particular instance of buying or selling
“it was a package deal”
“I had no further trade with him”
“he's a master of the business deal”
steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
“they rode the trade winds going west”
an equal exchange
“we had no money so we had to live by barter”
turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
“trade in an old car for a new one”
commerce
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for trade come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
commerce