Definition of trade

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Trade (v.) Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter..

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Craft :: Craft (n.) Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers..
Fair :: Fair (n.) A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade..
Capital :: Capital (n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a..
Trade :: Trade (v.) Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment.
Call :: Call (n.) A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders..
Grange :: Grange (n.) An association of farmers, designed to further their interests, aud particularly to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into direct commercial relations, without intervention of middlemen or traders. The first grange was organized in 1867..
Tetradecane :: Tetradecane (n.) A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule..
Coasting :: Coasting (n.) A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade..
Utter :: Utter (a.) To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend.
Union :: Union (n.) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union..
Cucking Stool :: Cucking stool () A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool..
Artisan :: Artisan (n.) One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic.
Jockey :: Jockey (n.) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
Easterling :: Easterling (a.) Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade..
Tarpum :: Tarpum (n.) A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish..
To :: To (prep.) Hence, it indicates motion, course, or tendency toward a time, a state or condition, an aim, or anything capable of being regarded as a limit to a tendency, movement, or action; as, he is going to a trade; he is rising to wealth and honor..
Vend :: Vend (v. t.) To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables..
Jockey :: Jockey (n.) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
Open :: Open (v. t.) To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc..
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