Antonyms for trade

Grammar : Noun

Spell : treyd

Phonetic Transcription : treɪd

Definition of trade

Origin : late 14c., "path, track, course of action," introduced by the Hanse merchants, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German trade "track, course" (probably originally of a trading ship), cognate with Old English tredan (see tread). Sense of "one's habitual business" (1540s) developed from the notion of "way, course, manner of life" (mid-15c.); sense of "buying and selling" is first recorded 1550s. Trade wind (1640s) has nothing to do with commerce, but preserves the obsolete sense of "in a habitual or regular course." Trade union is attested from 1831.

noun buying and selling
noun profession, work

Example sentences :

Very well; bring me what you have at that hour, and we'll strike a trade.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

I'll trade this chestnut—and he's a fine traveler—with a good price to boot.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Mr. Bright, contrary to all expectation, became President of the Board of Trade.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

It is another brother of his, who follows the trade of carpenter.
Extract from : « Little Daffydowndilly » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

That sort o' trade, ye see, miss, the demand's not steady in it.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

When LOT swapped his wife away for a pillar of salt, the trade was free.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various

Besides its trade and its armorers, other causes had combined to pour wealth into it.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

He left long before I did, and went to learn his trade of a joiner in the city.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

His people are fierce, like the Masai, like the people of Lobengula, and make war their trade.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

He had gone back to his trade and was working in a shop on Fourteenth Street.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Synonyms for trade

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