nontradable

Not for sale

Nontradable describes goods or services that cannot be bought or sold across borders—they must be consumed where they're produced.

Haircuts, restaurant meals, and real estate are nontradable: you can't import a massage from abroad.

Economists distinguish nontradable sectors from tradable ones like manufactured goods.

Also spelled non-tradable.

services

childcare

Supervision of young ones

dining · hospitality · education · hairdressing · plumbing · eldercare · cleaning · catering · tutoring · consulting

exclusive

non-transferable

Cannot change hands

membership · license · credential · voucher · ticket · permit · reservation · subscription · entitlement · right

property

land

Earth's solid surface

housing · premises · immovable · site-specific · territorial

economics

tariff

Tax on traded goods

currency · exchange · quota · protectionism · subsidy · haircuts · healthcare · construction · retail · hospitality

Opposites
transferability/exchangeability

nontradabletradable

Able to be swapped

tradeable · transferable · exchangeable · negotiable · marketable

market accessibility

nontradabletradable

Able to be swapped

traded · exportable · importable · listed · quoted

Family

trade, trader, trading, traded, traders, tradable, tradeable, untradable, nontrading

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