the business of buying and selling of goods; a particular branch of buying and selling
buying and selling
Cases of word usage
1) a learner of a trade who has agreed to work for a number of years for a small amount of money in return for being taught (apprentice)
2) (of) a person who owns property or engages in trade (bourgeois)
3) to refuse to have anything to do with, trade with (a person, business firm, country etc) for a reason (boycott)
4) trademark or trade name (brand)
5) (a strong desire to work in) an occupation, profession or trade (calling)
6) an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by the owners of capital (capitalism)
7) an article of trade (commodity)
8) (the trade in) goods brought into or taken out of a country illegally (contraband)
9) trade without customs duties to restrict imports (free trade)
10) the authority given to representatives by voters, members of a trade union etc (mandate)