trade center

Business exchange facility

A trade center is a building or complex dedicated to commercial activity, especially international commerce.

The term often designates prominent urban structures housing businesses, financial services, and trading operations.

The World Trade Center in New York, destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks, remains the most recognized use of the term.

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commercial function

trade centernature preserve

Protected natural habitat area

monastery · residential area · residential district · shopping center · wilderness area

economic activity concentration

trade centerghost town

Deserted former inhabited place

dead zone · remote outpost · isolated region · wilderness

scale and institutional nature

trade centershopping mall

Large indoor retail center

corner store · local shop · mom-and-pop store · flea market · bazaar

Family

trade, center, marketplace, trading post, commercial center

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G