trade

From Wiktionary

trade is part of the Basic English 850.

[change] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɹeɪd/
• SAMPA: /'treId/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[change] Verb

Plain form trade

Third-person singular trades

Past tense traded

Past participle traded

Present participle trading

1. When two people trade, one gives something to the other and the other gives something to the first one. They make an exchange. Sometimes money is one of the things.

[change] Noun

Singular trade

Plural trades

1. (uncountable) Trade is the buying and selling of goods.

   Trade between Canada and the US is at its highest level in years.

2. (countable) A trade is the act of trading.

   I think I made a good trade.

3. (countable) A trade is a job that needs a special skill to do.

   The carpenters trade involves making things from wood.

   He went to trade school to become a plumber.