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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trade  \Trade\,  n.  [Formerly,  a  path,  OE  tred  a  footmark.  See 
  {Tread},  n.  &  v.] 
  1.  A  track;  a  trail;  a  way  a  path;  also  passage;  travel; 
  resort.  [Obs.] 
 
  A  postern  with  a  blind  wicket  there  was  A  common 
  trade  to  pass  through  Priam's  house.  --Surrey. 
 
  Hath  tracted  forth  some  salvage  beastes  trade 
  --Spenser. 
 
  Or  I'll  be  buried  in  the  king's  highway,  Some  way 
  of  common  trade  where  subjects'  feet  May  hourly 
  trample  on  their  sovereign's  head.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Course;  custom;  practice;  occupation;  employment.  [Obs.] 
  ``The  right  trade  of  religion.''  --Udall. 
 
  There  those  five  sisters  had  continual  trade 
  --Spenser. 
 
  Long  did  I  love  this  lady,  Long  was  my  travel,  long 
  my  trade  to  win  her  --Massinger. 
 
  Thy  sin's  not  accidental  but  a  trade  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Business  of  any  kind  matter  of  mutual  consideration; 
  affair;  dealing.  [Obs.] 
 
  Have  you  any  further  trade  with  us?  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Specifically:  The  act  or  business  of  exchanging 
  commodities  by  barter,  or  by  buying  and  selling  for  money; 
  commerce;  traffic;  barter. 
 
  Note:  Trade  comprehends  every  species  of  exchange  or  dealing, 
  either  in  the  produce  of  land,  in  manufactures,  in 
  bills,  or  in  money;  but  it  is  chiefly  used  to  denote 
  the  barter  or  purchase  and  sale  of  goods,  wares,  and 
  merchandise,  either  by  wholesale  or  retail.  Trade  is 
  either  foreign  or  domestic.  Foreign  trade  consists  in 
  the  exportation  and  importation  of  goods,  or  the 
  exchange  of  the  commodities  of  different  countries. 
  Domestic,  or  home,  trade  is  the  exchange,  or  buying  and 
  selling,  of  goods  within  a  country.  Trade  is  also  by 
  the  wholesale,  that  is  by  the  package  or  in  large 
  quantities,  generally  to  be  sold  again  or  it  is  by 
  retail,  or  in  small  parcels.  The  carrying  trade  is  the 
  business  of  transporting  commodities  from  one  country 
  to  another,  or  between  places  in  the  same  country,  by 
  land  or  water. 
 
  5.  The  business  which  a  person  has  learned,  and  which  he 
  engages  in  for  procuring  subsistence,  or  for  profit; 
  occupation;  especially,  mechanical  employment  as 
  distinguished  from  the  liberal  arts,  the  learned 
  professions,  and  agriculture;  as  we  speak  of  the  trade  of 
  a  smith,  of  a  carpenter,  or  mason,  but  not  now  of  the 
  trade  of  a  farmer,  or  a  lawyer,  or  a  physician. 
 
  Accursed  usury  was  all  his  trade  --Spenser. 
 
  The  homely,  slighted,  shepherd's  trade  --Milton. 
 
  I  will  instruct  thee  in  my  trade  --Shak. 
 
  6.  Instruments  of  any  occupation.  [Obs.] 
 
  The  house  and  household  goods,  his  trade  of  war. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  7.  A  company  of  men  engaged  in  the  same  occupation;  thus 
  booksellers  and  publishers  speak  of  the  customs  of  the 
  trade  and  are  collectively  designated  as  the  trade 
 
  8.  pl  The  trade  winds. 
 
  9.  Refuse  or  rubbish  from  a  mine.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  Syn:  Profession;  occupation;  office;  calling;  avocation; 
  employment;  commerce;  dealing;  traffic. 
 
  {Board  of  trade}.  See  under  {Board}. 
 
  {Trade  dollar}.  See  under  {Dollar}. 
 
  {Trade  price},  the  price  at  which  goods  are  sold  to  members 
  of  the  same  trade  or  by  wholesale  dealers  to  retailers. 
 
 
  {Trade  sale},  an  auction  by  and  for  the  trade  especially 
  that  of  the  booksellers. 
 
  {Trade  wind},  a  wind  in  the  torrid  zone,  and  often  a  little 
  beyond  at  which  blows  from  the  same  quarter  throughout 
  the  year,  except  when  affected  by  local  causes;  --  so 
  called  because  of  its  usefulness  to  navigators,  and  hence 
  to  trade 
 
  Note:  The  general  direction  of  the  trade  winds  is  from  N.  E. 
  to  S.  W.  on  the  north  side  of  the  equator,  and  from  S. 
  E.  to  N.  W.  on  the  south  side  of  the  equator.  They  are 
  produced  by  the  joint  effect  of  the  rotation  of  the 
  earth  and  the  movement  of  the  air  from  the  polar  toward 
  the  equatorial  regions,  to  supply  the  vacancy  caused  by 
  heating,  rarefaction,  and  consequent  ascent  of  the  air 
  in  the  latter  regions.  The  trade  winds  are  principally 
  limited  to  two  belts  in  the  tropical  regions,  one  on 
  each  side  of  the  equator,  and  separated  by  a  belt  which 
  is  characterized  by  calms  or  variable  weather. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trade  \Trade\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Traded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Trading}.] 
  1.  To  barter,  or  to  buy  and  sell  to  be  engaged  in  the 
  exchange,  purchase,  or  sale  of  goods,  wares,  merchandise, 
  or  anything  else;  to  traffic;  to  bargain;  to  carry  on 
  commerce  as  a  business. 
 
  A  free  port,  where  nations  .  .  .  resorted  with  their 
  goods  and  traded.  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  2.  To  buy  and  sell  or  exchange  property  in  a  single  instance. 
 
  3.  To  have  dealings;  to  be  concerned  or  associated;  -- 
  usually  followed  by  with 
 
  How  did  you  dare  to  trade  and  traffic  with  Macbeth? 
  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trade  \Trade\,  v.  t. 
  To  sell  or  exchange  in  commerce;  to  barter. 
 
  They  traded  the  persons  of  men.  --Ezek.  xxvii. 
  13. 
 
  To  dicker  and  to  swop,  to  trade  rifles  and  watches. 
  --Cooper. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trade  \Trade\,  obs. 
  imp.  of  {Tread}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trade 
  adj  :  relating  to  or  used  in  or  intended  for  trade  or  commerce;  "a 
  trade  fair";  "trade  journals";  "trade  goods"  [syn:  {trade(a)}] 
  n  1:  the  commercial  exchange  (buying  and  selling  on  domestic  or 
  international  markets)  of  goods  and  services;  "Venice 
  was  an  important  center  of  trade  with  the  East";  "they 
  are  accused  of  conspiring  to  constrain  trade" 
  2:  people  who  perform  a  particular  kind  of  skilled  work  "he 
  represented  the  craft  of  brewers";  "as  they  say  in  the 
  trade"  [syn:  {craft}] 
  3:  an  equal  exchange;  "we  had  no  money  so  we  hd  to  live  by 
  barter"  [syn:  {barter},  {swap},  {swop},  {quid  pro  quo}] 
  4:  the  skilled  practice  of  a  practical  occupation;  "he  learned 
  his  trade  as  an  apprentice"  [syn:  {craft}] 
  5:  a  particular  instance  of  buying  or  selling;  "it  was  a 
  package  deal";  "I  had  no  further  trade  with  him";  "he's  a 
  master  of  the  business  deal"  [syn:  {deal},  {business  deal}] 
  6:  the  business  given  to  a  commercial  establishment  by  its 
  customers:  "even  before  noon  there  was  a  considerable 
  patronage"  [syn:  {patronage}] 
  7:  steady  winds  blowing  from  east  to  west  above  and  below  the 
  equator;  "they  rode  the  trade  winds  going  west"  [syn:  {trade 
  wind}] 
  v  1:  engage  in  the  trade  of  [syn:  {merchandise}] 
  2:  turn  in  as  payment  or  part  payment  for  a  purchase;  "trade  in 
  an  old  car  for  a  new  one"  [syn:  {trade  in}] 
  3:  be  traded  at  a  certain  price  or  under  certain  conditions: 
  "The  stock  traded  around  $20  a  share" 
  4:  exchange  or  give  something  in  exchange  for  [syn:  {swap},  {swop}, 
  {switch}] 
  5:  do  business;  offer  for  sale  as  for  one's  livelihood;  "She 
  deals  in  gold";  "The  brothers  sell  shoes"  [syn:  {deal},  {sell}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Trade  TN 
  Zip  code(s):  37691 




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