See Also: Come out of the trade(money)
Out trade(finance)
Come out of the trade(finance)
trade name(dictionary)
trade gap(dictionary)
off-trade(dictionary)
Trade on top of(finance)
trade(2)(dictionary)
Going into the trade(money)
Trade me out(finance)

trade(2) (iou)



trade verb. M16.
[from TRADE noun.]
a. verb trans. Tread (a path); cross (the sea); fig. lead (one's life). M16-M17.
b. verb intrans. Tread, walk, go. L16-M17.
verb trans. Follow (a course) habitually; use (something) regularly. M16-M17.
verb trans. Familiarize with something; accustom to or to do; train in or with. M16-M17.
verb intrans.
a. Have dealings; communicate, converse; negotiate. Freq. foll. by with. M16-L17.
b. Foll. by in: occupy oneself with, be concerned with, have dealings in. E17-E19.
a. verb intrans. & trans. Go to or to a place for purposes of trade. L16.
H. H. Wilson They traded with profit only to China.
b. verb intrans. Engage in trade or commerce, pursue trade; spec. engage in illegal trade. (Foll. by with a person etc., in or for a commodity.) L16.
Capt. Cook Those who remained in the canoes traded with our people very fairly. Sir W. Scott I only trade now as wholesale dealer. New Yorker Garland generally trades for his dogs, but he occasionally pays cash.
verb trans. Use as the object of trade; buy and sell, barter, exchange; fig. exchange (insults, blows, etc.). E17.
trade places N. Amer. change places.
J. McPhee They trade mud-shark livers for seal oil. Arizona Daily Star He traded his first horse at age 12. S. Naipaul Clara did not trade gossip with the neighbours. Times He and the Zulu chief were soon within an ace of trading punches across the table.
b. spec. (N. Amer. Sport). Exchange (a player) between clubs or teams, esp. for another. L19.
verb intrans. Commerce. Of a share or currency: be bought and sold (at a certain price etc.). L20.
Times The dollar was trading back where it was in January.
With adverbs & prepositions in specialized senses: trade down buy or sell cheaper goods than before or than usual; sell something and buy a cheaper replacement. trade in exchange (a used car etc.) as payment or esp. part-payment for a new one. trade off dispose of by barter; fig. exchange for something else, esp. as a compromise. trade on make use of for one's own ends; profit by; take advantage of (a person's credulity, one's reputation, etc.). trade up buy or sell dearer goods than before or than usual; sell something and buy a dearer replacement.
Comb.: trade-in (a) a transaction in which something is traded in; a part-exchange; (b) an item traded in, esp. a used car; (c) a sum allowed in return for this; trade-off a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a bargain, a compromise.