trade

trade · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun) The buying, selling, or exchange of goods and services.

  2. 2.

    (noun) A skilled job, especially one requiring manual skills.

  3. 3.

    (noun) An exchange of goods or services.

  4. 4.

    (verb) To buy, sell, or exchange goods or services.

  5. 5.

    (verb) To exchange something for something else.

Forms

plural: trades

Related words

See also: business, commerce, exchange
Synonyms: business, commerce, craft, profession

Etymology

From Middle Low German "trade" meaning "track, course, path," related to Old English "tredan" (to tread). The original meaning related to a path or course, which evolved into the sense of a course of action or way of life, and then to commerce and skilled work.