English > trade: 12 senses > noun 2, actMeaning | The skilled practice of a practical occupation. |
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Example | "he learned his trade as an apprentice" |
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Synonym | craft |
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Narrower | airplane mechanics | The craft of building and repairing airplanes |
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auto mechanics | The craft of building and repairing automobiles |
basketry | The craft of basket making |
carpentry, woodworking, woodwork | The craft of a carpenter |
drafting, mechanical drawing | The craft of drawing blueprints |
dressmaking | The craft of making dresses |
electrical work | The craft of an electrician |
handicraft | A craft that requires skillful hands |
interior decoration, interior decorating | The trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior |
lumbering | The trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber / timber / timber |
masonry | The craft of a mason |
mintage | Act or process of minting coins |
oculism | The craft of an oculist |
painting, house painting | The occupation of a house painter |
papermaking | The craft of making paper |
piloting, pilotage | The occupation of a pilot |
plumbing, plumbery | The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) |
pottery | The craft of making earthenware |
pyrotechnics, pyrotechny | The craft of making fireworks |
roofing | The craft of a roofer |
sheet-metal work | The craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
shingling | The laying on of shingles |
shoemaking, shoe repairing, cobbling | The shoemaker's trade / trade |
tailoring | The occupation of a tailor |
tanning | making leather from rawhide |
tool-and-die work | The craft of making special tools and dies |
typography | The craft of composing type and printing from it |
undertaking | The trade / trade of a funeral director |
upholstery | The craft of upholstering |
winemaking, wine making | The craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
Broader | occupation, business, job, line of work, line | The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money |
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Spanish | oficio, profesión |
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Catalan | ofici, professió |
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English > trade: 12 senses > verb 2, possessionMeaning | turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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Example | "trade in an old car for a new one" |
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Synonym | trade in |
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Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
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Narrower | barter away | trade in in a bartering transaction |
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Broader | exchange, change, interchange | Give to, and receive from, one another |
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Spanish | comerciar, entregar a cambio, intercambiar, traficar, trocar |
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Catalan | comerciar, traficar |
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Nouns | trade | a particular instance of buying or selling |
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trade | an equal exchange |
trade | the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services |
English > trade: 12 senses > verb 4, possessionMeaning | Exchange or give (something) in exchange for. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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Model | They trade the tourists their cars |
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Synonyms | swap, swop, switch |
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Broader | exchange, change, interchange | Give to, and receive from, one another |
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Spanish | cambalachear, cambiar, canjear, comerciar, intercambiar, permutar, traficar, trocar |
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Catalan | baratar, comerciar, permutar, traficar |
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Nouns | trade | an equal exchange |
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English > trade: 12 senses > verb 5, possessionMeaning | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
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Synonyms | deal, sell |
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Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
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Narrower | black marketeer | Deal on the black market |
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deal | sell |
market | Deal in a market |
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch | sell or offer for sale from place to place |
push | sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs) |
pyramid | Use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal |
Broader | transact | Conduct business |
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Similar to | deal | sell |
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sell | Be sold at a certain price or in a certain way |
Spanish | comercializar, comerciar, traficar, transar, vender |
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Catalan | comerciar, traficar, vendre |
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Nouns | trade | a particular instance of buying or selling |
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trade | the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services |
trading | buying or selling securities or commodities |