trade
verb/treɪd/
/treɪd/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they trade | /treɪd/ /treɪd/ |
| he / she / it trades | /treɪdz/ /treɪdz/ |
| past simple traded | /ˈtreɪdɪd/ /ˈtreɪdɪd/ |
| past participle traded | /ˈtreɪdɪd/ /ˈtreɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form trading | /ˈtreɪdɪŋ/ /ˈtreɪdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to buy and sell things
- trade in something The firm openly traded in arms.
- trade with somebody Early explorers traded directly with the Indians.
- trade in something with somebody Her family traded in textiles with the Far East.
- trading partners (= countries that you trade with)
- trade something Our products are now traded worldwide.
- In 1900, more than 60% of cotton goods traded internationally were made in Lancashire.
- trade something with somebody The turnover of agricultural goods traded with the US amounted to $45 million last year.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1- He claimed that all businesses should be able to trade freely on Sundays.
- After settling in Madeira they began trading in flour, sugar, and leather.
- countries trading illegally in rhinoceros horn
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- profitably
- successfully
- actively
- …
- continue to
- cease to
- as
- in
- with
- …
- cease trading
- continue trading
- trade under the name (of) something
- …
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- [intransitive] to exist and operate as a business or company
- The firm has now ceased trading.
- trade as somebody/something They traded as ‘Walker and Son’.
Extra Examples- The company trades under the name ‘English Estates’.
- They now trade as a partnership.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- profitably
- successfully
- actively
- …
- continue to
- cease to
- as
- in
- with
- …
- cease trading
- continue trading
- trade under the name (of) something
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] to be bought and sold, or to buy and sell something, on a stock exchange
- Shares were trading at under half their usual value.
- trade something Shares in the company haven't been publicly traded since 1998.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- profitably
- successfully
- actively
- …
- continue to
- cease to
- as
- in
- with
- …
- cease trading
- continue trading
- trade under the name (of) something
- …
- [transitive] to exchange something that you have for something that somebody else has
- trade (somebody) something to trade secrets/insults/jokes
- Cabinet colleagues traded insults over the future of the pound.
- trade something for something She traded her posters for his CD.
- trade something with somebody I wouldn't mind trading places with her for a day.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Middle Low German, literally ‘track’, of West Germanic origin; related to tread. Early senses included ‘course, way of life’, which gave rise in the 16th cent. to ‘habitual practice of an occupation’, ‘skilled handicraft’. The current verb senses date from the late 16th cent.
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