Topic: TRADE
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arcade
bakery
bar code
bargain
barrow
bazaar
bid(n)
bid(v)
bidding
bookshop
bookstall
bookstore
book token
boom(n)
boom(v)
boot sale
boutique
boxed
buyer
cash and carry
cash desk
cash discount
cash register
chain store
checkout
clearance sale
concessionaire
consign
consignee
consignment
consignor
consumer
consumer confidence
consumerism
consumer society
corn exchange
cost
cost price
credit
credit account
credit note
credit voucher
custom
customer
cut-price
dealership
deliverable
dime store
discount
dispenser
distribute
distributive
docket
draper
drive-in
Dutch auction
earnings
embargo
emporium
export(n)
export(v)
exporter
flat
flea market
florist
free market
free port
freight(n)
freight(v)
futures market
gift certificate
gift token
gift-wrap
giveaway
glut
goodwill
greengrocer
gross margin
gross national product
gross profit
handle
handling charge
high street
HP
indent
installment plan
instalment
inventory
invoice(n)
invoice(v)
layaway
license
line
list price
loss leader
lot
lumberyard
mail order
markdown
market
market-driven
market economy
market forces
marketing
market leader
market-led
market price
market research
market value
mark-up
mercantile
merchandise
merchant
move
multiple
multiple store
off
offer
off-the-shelf
o.n.o.
open(a)
open(v)
opening hours
order(n)
order(v)
OTC
out
outbid
outpost
outsell
overbid
overbook
oversubscribed
own brand
own label
package
package deal
packaging
packet
parade
part exchange
peddle
pedlar
perfumery
petty cash
pitch
plaza
point of sale
price(n)
price(v)
price fixing
price list
price tag
price war
producer
profit
profit margin
pro forma invoice
proprietary
punter
purchase(v)
purchase(n)
purveyor
pyramid selling
quotation
rake-off
ready-to-wear
real estate
receipt
refund
regular
relaunch
remnant
rent(v)
rent(n)
rental
reorder
resell
reserve
retail(n)
retail(v)
retail(a)
retailer
retailing
retail park
sale
sales slip
self-service
sell-by date
seller
seller's market
selling
selling price
serve
service
sex shop
shelf life
ship
shopfitting
shopping centre
shopping mall
shopping precinct
shop-soiled
shopworn
showcase
showroom
shrink-wrapped
soft sell
solicit
souk
special
stand
staple
stationer
stock
stockist
stockroom
stocktaking
store brand
storefront
strip mall
supermarket
superstore
surcharge(n)
surcharge(v)
take-up
takings
telesales
tender
thrift shop
throughput
ticket(n)
ticket(v)
till
tout
trade
trade discount
trade fair
trade-in
trademark
trade name
trade price
trader
trade route
trade secret
tradesman
trading estate
trading post
traffic
trafficker
uneconomic
unit price
wares
warranty
wholesale(n)
wholesale(a)
wholesaler
| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Middle Low German |
| Origin: | 'course, way, track' |
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trade1 S3 W1

1 the activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods within a country or between countries [= commerce]
buying/selling
[uncountable] the arms/drug/slave etc trade (=the buying and selling of weapons, drugs etc)
➔ balance of trade, free trade➔ trade war
at war (3)2 the business done by companies, hotels etc [↪ industry]:
Working on Saturdays is usual in the retail trade.
the hotel/tourist etc trade
Working on Saturdays is usual in the retail trade.3 business activity, especially the amount of goods or products that are sold [= business]:
A lot of pubs nowadays do most of their trade at lunchtimes.
amount of business
[uncountable] British English
A lot of pubs nowadays do most of their trade at lunchtimes. passing trade (=customers who go into a shop when they are passing it, not regular customers)
Souvenir shops rely mainly on passing trade.
Souvenir shops rely mainly on passing trade.➔ do a roaring trade
at roaring (3)4
an exchange of things
[singular] American Englisha) when you exchange something you have for something that someone else has :
b) when a player on a sports team is exchanged for a player from another team :
The Celtics star demanded a trade after talks with management broke down.
The Celtics star demanded a trade after talks with management broke down.5 a particular kind of business, and the people who are involved in it :
I could get Ron to look at your car for you; he works in the trade.
the trade
I could get Ron to look at your car for you; he works in the trade.6 a particular job, especially one needing special skill with your hands :
job/work
[uncountable and countable]BO tools of your trade (=the things that you need to do your job)
➔ stock-in-trade, jack-of-all-trades