trade
Exchange of goods
The main associations with trade, a noun and verb, are with business, work, and goods.
In these contexts, it is more broadly used in British than in American English (trade union, the motor trade).
The most general noun use is to denote the buying and selling of goods, especially when done internationally.
A trade can also be a single business pursued as a livelihood (the plumbing trade), or an instance of exchanging one thing for another (a favorable trade).
The verb trade can mean barter or engage in business: They stopped trading in cocoa.
If you trade on something, you use it to your advantage.
Exchange one for another
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- haggleDispute price persistently
- dealAgreement or distribution
quid pro quo · reciprocity · in-kind · countertrade · direct exchange · non-monetary · mutual benefit · dicker
Exchange one for another
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- cardStiff paper rectangle
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- resourceAvailable stock or supply
deal · offer · negotiation · player · turn · hand · goods · Catan
One who sells wares
- goodsThings for sale
- importObtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
retail · marketplace · vendor · buyer · seller · transaction · commerce · tariff
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- carpentryWood construction trade
- plumbingWater and waste infrastructure
- electricianWiring installation specialist
masonry · welding · blacksmith · skilled labor · guild · vocational · craftsman · woodworking
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- futuresContracts for future delivery
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
NYSE · NASDAQ · broker · portfolio · derivatives · options · commodities · ticker
Negotiation between nations
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- concessionYielding a point
mediation · bargaining · talks · summit · accord · deal-making · arbitration · pact
swap
Exchange one for another
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- haggleDispute price persistently
deal · quid pro quo · reciprocity · in-kind · countertrade · direct exchange · non-monetary · mutual benefit · dicker · give and take
swap
Exchange one for another
resource · deal · offer · negotiation · player · turn · hand · goods · Catan · Monopoly
merchant
One who sells wares
wholesale · retail · marketplace · vendor · buyer · seller · transaction · commerce · tariff · customs
apprentice
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- carpentryWood construction trade
- plumbingWater and waste infrastructure
electrician · masonry · welding · blacksmith · skilled labor · guild · vocational · craftsman · woodworking · contractor
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- futuresContracts for future delivery
equities · NYSE · NASDAQ · broker · portfolio · derivatives · options · commodities · ticker · bid
diplomacy
Negotiation between nations
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
concession · mediation · bargaining · talks · summit · accord · deal-making · arbitration · pact · terms
- commercebanking, merchant, imports, sales, exports
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- civilization elementsart, music, literature, language, religion
- civilization topicsculture, war, art, religion, science
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- economyGDP, money, inflation, inflation rate, GNP
tradeleisure
Free time for relaxation
idleness · hobby · recreation · inactivity · pastime
tradeembargo
Official prohibition on trade
boycott · sanction · blockade · protectionism · tariff wall
- trading cardsCollectible illustrated rectangles
- fair trade coffeeJustly compensated grower beans
- trade inExchange for partial credit
- trade placesMutually exchange locations
- traded inSurrendered for credit
- trade skillsPractical occupational abilities
trader, trading, trademark, traded, trades, traders, tradesman, trade-off, fair trade