trade

Definitions

• (uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
• (countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.
• (countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
• (countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
• (countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
• (countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
• (countable) An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
• (uncountable) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
• (mostly) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
• (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
• (uncountable) A brief sexual encounter.
• (obsolete) Instruments of any occupation.
• (mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
• (obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
• (obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.