I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a trade agreement
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The administration has signed a multi-billion dollar trade agreement with Colombia.
a trade deficit (= the difference between the amount of goods a country imports and the amount it exports )
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Last year the country had its largest trade deficit in recent history.
a trade embargo
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The EU has threatened to impose a trade embargo on the US.
a trade gap (= the difference between the amount a country imports and exports )
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Britain’s trade gap almost doubled last month.
a trade secret (= a company or business secret )
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They must not betray their employer 's trust, for instance by giving away trade secrets.
a trading centre
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The town was a trading centre for the Romans.
balance of trade
bilateral relations/trade/agreements/negotiations etc
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bilateral negotiations between Israel and Syria
brisk trade
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The public bar was already doing a brisk trade .
cease trading/production/operations etc (= stop operating a business )
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The company ceased production at their Norwich plant last year.
cross-border trade/business etc
day trading
economic/trade sanctions
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The United Nations is considering new economic sanctions.
emissions trading
export trade
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Most of its export trade is with Russia.
fair trade
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fair trade bananas
foreign investment/trade etc
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Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods.
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our budget for foreign aid financial help to countries in need
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the Chinese Foreign Minister
free trade
illicit trade
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the illicit trade in stolen cattle
insider trading
international trade/market/competition
peace/trade etc negotiations
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A new round of global trade negotiations is due to start next week.
rag trade
the cotton industry/trade
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The cotton industry began to boom in the 1780s.
the Department of Health/Trade/Education etc (= in a government )
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the U.S. Department of Agriculture
the drug trade
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the international drug trade
the retail trade/business
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a manager with twenty years’ experience in the retail business
the slave trade (= the buying and selling of slaves, especially Africans who were taken to America )
the tools of...trade (= the things I need to do my job )
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These books are the tools of my trade .
the tricks of the trade (= clever methods used in a particular job )
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a salesman who knew all the tricks of the trade
trade and industry (= producing goods, and buying and selling them )
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He works for the Department of Trade and Industry.
trade balance
trade barriers (= things such as taxes that make trade between countries difficult )
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The aim was to remove trade barriers and open up free markets.
trade deficit
trade discount
trade fair
trade figures (= showing the value of a country's exports compared to imports )
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Trade figures showed a slump last month.
trade gap
trade in/deal in shares (= buy and sell shares as a business )
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They make their money by trading in stocks and shares.
trade name
trade price
trade restrictions (= on the sale of goods between countries )
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Trade restrictions between the islands were removed.
trade route
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ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia
trade school
trade secret
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The Coca-Cola formula is a well-kept trade secret.
trade show
trade surplus
trade talks
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Trade talks between the EU and the Americans have once again collapsed.
trade union
trade wind
trade/agricultural subsidies etc
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international disagreement over trade subsidies
trading estate
trading partner
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Nigeria is our principal trading partner in Africa.
trading partner
trading post
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a remote trading post in the Yukon
trading/operating profit (= profit relating to a company’s normal activities )
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Both turnover and operating profits were lower.
world trade/economy etc
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the impact of the crisis on the world economy
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bilateral
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Gradually the new global masterplan is falling into place: a series of massive bilateral trade agreements are being struck.
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While accounting identities always hold, they say nothing about bilateral trade deficits or surpluses.
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The late 1940s witnessed the general operation of a system of bilateral arrangements for trade and payments.
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While differences over duties remain, bilateral trade continues to grow.
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They provided for the promotion of bilateral trade and for increased co-operation against drug trafficking.
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Talks centred on increasing bilateral trade and plans for a tunnel or bridge link between the two countries.
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Walesa's visit was also intended to boost bilateral trade and cultural exchanges.
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For 1991, however, bilateral trade was to be balanced and the two-way total reduced to under US$1,000 million.
fair
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They have objected to the suggestion that fair trade means that their own chocolate is unfairly traded.
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Religious and civil power united to support a planned economy and fair trade practices.
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One example is the fair trade movement.
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Where, for example, is there even a passing reference to the benefits of fair trade ?
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Saouma called for fair trade terms to allow developing countries to sell their agricultural products to the industrialized countries.
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As if it were a fair trade , she had left the gun on the coffee table next to the flowers.
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The first set of sales figures suggests that consumers are very responsive to this idea of fair trade .
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Compelling arguments for fair trade have been raised by influential spokespersons.
foreign
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A central government would remain in Sarajevo with responsibility for defence, foreign policy and trade .
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If you are involved in foreign trade , you can benefit from a foreign currency overdraft or loan.
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Were it not for all this foreign trade , goes the conventional wisdom, we would not have a gypsy-moth problem.
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Both these titles were cover-names for the department responsible for eavesdropping on foreign embassies and trade missions in London.
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A nation should restrict its foreign trade so that it exported more finished goods than it imported.
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Some countries conduct all foreign trade through state corporations which assess needs according to their current economic development programmes.
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This currency could be accumulated by holding, for example, the proceeds of foreign trade sold for foreign currency.
free
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A policy of free trade , rather than membership of a discriminatory trading regime, would have maximised the benefits of tariff reductions.
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Differing views about what free trade means aggravates the problem.
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A special ministerial regional free trade meeting was agreed for October.
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But the second-term congresswoman is also an ardent champion of free trade .
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Competition from the national brewers in the highly competitive free trade .
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In a sea power economy, vested interests are in open markets and free trade .
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At the second meeting, in November, they agreed to call a halt to the free trade area negotiations.
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The logic of the unconscious creates a free trade area for emotional transactions.
global
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All the Republicans except Buchanan support global free trade and oppose direct measures to discourage companies from moving manufacturing plants overseas.
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We agree that there has to be a rules-based system for governing global trade .
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In both cases global trade experienced inhibitions.
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Ensuring that San Francisco grabs a large chunk of global trade .
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Patrick Buchanan this week introduced an ad stressing his opposition to global free trade .
international
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Expansion of the international drug trade , exploiting the inner-urban under-class.
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There are big profits to be made in the international exotic bird trade .
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Pat Choate and I are for intelligent international trade .
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In international trade , however, the bill of exchange still operates in this way.
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Corporate finance, international trade and export development.
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There was also a considerable improvement in international trade through Danzig.
retail
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These terms are used in the retail trade to describe a loss of profit.
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Little veal and calf are graded for retail trade .
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Even those involved in Victorian retail trade needed to be saved, perhaps as much as intellectuals and aristocrats.
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Wholesale and retail trade accounts for over one-quarter of the jobs in the metropolitan area.
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The domestic market, wholesale trade and retail trade developed rapidly.
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They are found in every industry, but wholesale and retail trade and services industries employ over 6 out of 10.
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Between 1980 and 1990 their share of total retail trade fell from 5.2% to 4.5%, according to Verdict, a retail analyst.
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Dry-aged beef goes to the restaurant trade; fast-aged, into retail trade.
■ NOUN
agreement
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Such is the scope of what has been termed the most important trade agreement since 1948.
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Emerson had written that the proposed trade agreement could help improve the border environment.
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Gradually the new global masterplan is falling into place: a series of massive bilateral trade agreements are being struck.
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Buchanan successfully tapped the economic insecurity of blue-collar workers by slamming trade agreements embraced by most Republican leaders, including Dole.
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With this scenario, yes, the president could afford to take a more generous view of trade agreements .
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Current world trade agreements have become the foremost threats to democracy on earth.
association
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Unlike a trade association or informal market, an exchange is expected to carry out regulatory as well as trading functions.
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No other trade association is subject to such stringent rules, a tobacco industry spokesman said.
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The trade association for driving instructors might also be able to supply details of the experience of other new driving instructors.
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In-line skating and hockey are two of the fastest-growing sports in the country, trade associations report.
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The obvious possibility is for their trade associations to play a role on their behalf.
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A lay person would appear to be able to do little in this direction, except perhaps check with local trade associations .
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Standardization of contracts is typically unilateral, being devised by particular contracting parties or their trade associations .
balance
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The trade balance in 1989 showed a deficit of US$282,000,000.
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The numbers are preliminary until the government unveils its official trade balance results for December on Feb. 8.
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The trade balance was reported as a deficit of US$3,230 million.
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The trade balance figures exclude sales of ships and oil rigs.
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The trade balance measures the flow of goods in and out of the country.
barrier
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Repeated statements to this effect at previous summits had been followed by inaction and the continuation of intra-community trade barriers .
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The sugar program works by limiting domestic production and erecting trade barriers that keep the price of imported sugar high.
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As a non-GATT member its goods generally faced higher tariffs and other trade barriers in world markets.
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Running counter to mainstream Republican thinking, he is calling for tariffs and new trade barriers to protect jobs.
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It also prevents the types of trade barriers which provide opportunities for corruption.
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The developing countries are pressed to eliminate trade barriers , which can lead to local producers being undermined by cheaper imports.
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Their experts wasted no time in cutting trade barriers , limiting government subsidies and selling off state industries.
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Unfortunately, their trade barriers are such that nobody can get inside and buy anything.
deficit
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The double digit inflation and growing trade deficit were the government's most difficult economic problems.
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The trade deficit will grow, pushing the peso down, which will raise inflation.
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Figure 8-2 shows the size of the trade deficit by industry group.
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Despite the increase in exports, the overall trade deficit rose S$4,900 million to S$14,600 million in 1990.
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No country, not even one as big as the United States, can run a trade deficit for ever.
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One week I failed to turn in an essay on the trade deficit .
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At some point the United States will lose its ability to finance its trade deficit .
dispute
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Since the crew of the ship were not directly involved, the owners argued that there was no trade dispute .
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Both countries have a stake in using the World Trade Organization and in not allowing trade disputes to poison bilateral relations.
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By the Employment Act 1982 the definition of a trade dispute is narrowed.
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The first would demonstrably be a political strike and the second would hardly be a trade dispute .
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Industrial relations Under the Industrial Courts Act of 1919 the minister may set up a court of enquiry into a trade dispute .
drug
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Expansion of the international drug trade , exploiting the inner-urban under-class.
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But investigators said there was no immediate indication the killings were related to the drug trade .
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Early successes in the drug trade mean that Harry can underwrite Marion's attempts to become a fashion designer.
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At the same time, the two sides have engaged in talks on jointly combating the drug trade .
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He's up to his black eyeballs in the drug trade .
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Consider the school principal who discovers students wearing beepers to stay in contact with their superiors in the drug trade .
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In view of this, the drugs trade looks like a Godsend.
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Experts disagree about the extent of the expansion of Tupac Amaru and Sendero Luminoso into the drug trade .
embargo
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That cooperation was crucial for the Clinton administration to win congressional support to lift a wartime trade embargo and normalize diplomatic relations.
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Many officials in Hanoi had hoped the lifting of the trade embargo in February 1994 would lead to quicker economic gain.
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There is no United Kingdom trade embargo .
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They are meant to plug the gaps in the trade embargo that has been in force for almost a year.
gap
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Economists surveyed by Bloomberg Business News projected the trade gap to come in at $ 7. 1 billion.
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There was brighter news on the trade front for Britain yesterday, with a £766 million cut in the trade gap .
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The narrowing trade gap means that growth in the fourth quarter could be better than expected, said analysts.
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He said yesterday his first priorities would be to tackle inflation and the widening trade gap .
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The trade gap widened by 3. 4 percent to $ 10. 36 billion, the highest in seven months.
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The Government has no little interest in this as the negative food trade gap is about £5.7 billion.
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Devaluation would also help narrow our trade gap .
name
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Maldon salt is a trade name for sea salt from the many inlets on the Essex coast.
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Michael has been approved for a new drug, clozapine, often referred to by the trade name , Clozaril.
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Further investigation showed that it had a large number of actions: so large that the trade name Largactil was coined.
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Barneys said the two parties could not reach agreement on financing, royalties and trade name issues.
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Sterling Winthrop. which markets paracetamol under the trade name Panadol, says that an application for a product licence is imminent.
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Trade names A well-known trade name often helps to sell a product.
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Olestrathe trade name is Oleanis unlike any other fake food ever invented.
policy
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Such difficulties of determining the impact and the timing of adjustment make generalisations about trade policies elusive.
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If Pat Buchanan has a beef with trade policy , Iowa is a strange place to press his protectionist case.
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This is a familiar point: trade balances are determined by macroeconomic factors, not by trade policy .
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The prepared texts of speeches by Mr Clinton and Mr Bush on trade policy are indistinguishable from each other.
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However the consequences for employment remained the most ambiguous, especially in the absence of a comprehensive external trade policy .
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He interested himself in fiscal, banking, and trade policy .
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How do members of the administration themselves think trade policy has changed?
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First, he said, the administration was more actively engaged in trade policy than the Bush people used to be.
route
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Its power continued till the fifteenth century, after which it declined in face of competition from new trade routes opening up.
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Battles over access to shipping lanes and trade routes are commonplace, and piracy returns in modern trappings.
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The king's highway, an important trade route , ran down the eastern plateau.
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We will see how the mummies occupied the midpoint of the most important overland trade route in Eurasian history.
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Even in the neolithic period, a skein of east-west trade routes was established across the Aegean.
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After the Middle Ages, trade routes changed and the island lost its importance.
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The city lies on the main trade route between the Reikland and lands further west, and the Kislevites to the north.
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It is no wonder that the United States keeps such a large navy patrolling the trade routes of the world.
sanction
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A more ambitious bill that would have ended virtually all trade sanctions was voted down earlier in the same house debate.
secret
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Only those manufacturing steps that involve trade secrets are kept in-house.
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The 75 undisclosed classified documents include trade secrets obtained from companies that asked them to be kept confidential.
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He says they're trade secrets and Jaws is just a trout compared to a Zander.
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Can you stop them taking your trade secrets or your customers with them when they leave?
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It might cover secret processes and trade secrets. 5.
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Confidential information Every company has confidential information and trade secrets .
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The task force will concentrate on rooting out theft of trade secrets and high-tech components, particularly integrated circuits.
show
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I was tempted through the doors of the trade show .
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Tickets to the trade show are $ 20 for two days' entry.
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He meets with company executives, attends trade shows , and talks with large investors such as pension funds.
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Its price at a Chicago trade show was $ 2, 000.
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The stage was in the center of the 1, 200-acre trade show that rotates annually between Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.
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Initial efforts will include training, collateral, trade shows and industry exhibits.
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You've dragged me along to all your trade shows and staff socials over the years.
slave
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Analogies with the slave trade and slavery and the movement against them were apparent to such reformers.
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So, despite the great depredations of the slave trade , there was demographic growth.
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Such activities were by no means limited to the slave trade .
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As the number of blacks increased alarmingly in the colonies, some southern colonists made efforts to control the slave trade .
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Equally parliamentarians spoke of cruelty, inhumanity and tyranny as features of the slave trade and slavery, often providing vivid examples.
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Slavery and the slave trade , however, denied self-love to the slave, provoking permanent discontent and possible rebellion.
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Profits from the slave trade were invested in banking, insurance and industry, Williams showed.
surplus
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It will try to do so by explaining the nature and future of the country's trade surplus .
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The trade surplus is more than $ 65 billion.
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In fact, our trade surplus in Scotch is three times greater than our trade surplus in oil.
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That compares with a $ 18. 5 billion trade surplus the year before.
tourist
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Neither Bradford nor Birmingham regrets entering the tourist trade - the industry waits with bated breath to see how Swindon fares.
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They say so-called home improvements can kill off the tourist trade .
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But environmentalists have long claimed that the scheme has been underfunded, badly run and above all exploited by the tourist trade .
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The tourist trade depends too much on the cocked hat.
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And with it, the sudden fear of what it could do to the tourist trade .
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This will do no good for Amsterdam's tourist trade and London will be wetter than average for the time of year.
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This still, however, gives the island a quality tourist trade .
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The tourist trade was practically non-existent and Reid's Hotel was closed during the War.
union
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In others regional representatives of the trade unions have been similarly involved.
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At the demand of trade unions , all salaries are paid directly into workers' bank accounts.
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The research also examines the perception and evaluation of health and safety problems and goals by trade union representatives.
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It is therefore necessary to include the personnel manager and a trade union representative in the systems planning team.
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He liked all the things Hayek loathed: social protection, trade unions , welfare states, curbs on finance.
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The two trade union confederations undertook to refrain from general strikes in return for minimum wage and unemployment benefit guarantees.
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It further calls for discussion within the trade union movement on this question, with a view to dispelling the myths that surround homosexuality.
unionism
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Student activity and the resurgence of trade unionism , already discussed, were obvious facets of thus new version of steadfastness.
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But his concern for profit margins kept wage levels low and he was intensely suspicious of trade unionism .
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Did unemployment, economic depression and the General Strike reduce trade unionism to a pitiful weakness?
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He has spent his life campaigning for free trade unionism and free votes.
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Later in the century the open villages were also centres of nonconformism and trade unionism .
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There is a clear realisation that attempting to export western trade unionism to the East would be futile.
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The decline in trade unionism is particularly significant here.
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Their functional link severed, Co-operation and trade unionism went on separately to join the system they could not defeat.
unionist
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Meanwhile, he was making friends of working men and trade unionists , and devoting himself to educational work.
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Teachers welcome the involvement of trade unionists during the briefing of young people going out on Work Experience.
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Thus there should be representation from education, employers, trade unionists , parents and community organisations.
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There was much euphoria among trade unionists .
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Further, not all trade unionists support the Labour Party.
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Modern trade unionists negotiating these win-win deals deserve more encouragement.
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The examples above have already indicated this: politicians, officials, even trade unionists , work closely with journalists.
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Both Tawney and Matthews saw education for trade unionists as a growth point of great potential.
war
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Unless there is complete agreement, there is no agreement at all and there will be a worldwide trade war .
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But trade war fears continued to undermine brewers with Guinness down 6p to 510p.
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Nevertheless, the danger of a tax trade war remains.
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Second, we have seen off the threat of a world trade war which would have destroyed any hope of economic recovery.
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They said Mr Major was deeply concerned as a trade war loomed large.
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And without it, a trade war could devastate already shaky world economies.
world
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Business investment rose 11%, while world trade expanded by 9.3 the fastest this decade.
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Instead of world trade , they fought over whether employers should be allowed to set up their own unions.
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Countries can have either a small or large share of world trade .
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Indeed, it is arguable that the different speeds of financial liberalisation are a prime cause of world trade and savings imbalances.
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Britain invented world trade when we had an empire 100 or 200 years ago.
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Current world trade agreements have become the foremost threats to democracy on earth.
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Debates on world trade are becoming polarised.
■ VERB
learn
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He joined Anglo in 1968, learning the mining trade in the firm's diamond, gold and uranium divisions.
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I was learning Hugh's trade , and helping my granny with her flower stall at the harbour.
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He tried hard to wean them away from crime by persuading them to learn a trade instead.
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She had joined a world-famous company, learning her trade well until finally starting her own business.
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He has always played at being the happiest guy on earth, because he learned that the first trade is the hardest.
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Graham knows his defender should be learning his trade by the occasional appearance in a winning team to breed confidence.
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I started to learn a trade so many times, and never finished.
ply
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But it is up front where the experts ply their trade and both Ian Wright and Les Ferdinand are bouncing with confidence.
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She is only plying her trade .
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There was Captain Show, a seemingly respectable ex-army man, who plied his trade around the Sunningdale area of the moor.
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They travel all over the world plying their peculiar trade .
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On Saturday and Sunday evenings, Pol went out to ply the trade that was never discussed between the two women.
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He prospered in this country, plying a uniquely leisure-class trade , and then expressed petty contempt for his hosts.
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Complaints Police have received scores of complaints about dealers openly plying their trade in front of small children on street corners.
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Tom was not the only preacher plying his trade that day.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
East-West relations/trade etc
allied industries/organizations/trades etc
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The site now employs about 7,000 people directly, although many more are involved in allied industries or in ongoing construction projects.
book/antiques/craft/trade etc fair
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Antiques Fair , Social Centre, Yarm.
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Attractions include over 100 trade stands, refreshment tents and licensed bars, caravan site and craft fair .
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Champagne was also prospering during this time from the great trade fairs .
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Chartwell Travel is offering discounted air fares to the Frankfurt Book Fair from £108 return.
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Eighty countries plan to attend the Baghdad trade fair in November.
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Running alongside was a trade fair .
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Then, on the third day, he would be a guest at a trade fair held in New Jersey.
do a roaring trade (in sth)
follow a profession/trade/way of life etc
invisible earnings/exports/trade etc
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Moreover, the major source of under-recording on the balance of payments up to 1949 was invisible trade.
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On this basis, Britain was the world's biggest generator of invisible earnings, and has probably remained so this year.
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Such earnings are little appreciated outside the specialist areas of business such as finance and insurance which directly contribute to invisible earnings.
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There were probably invisible exports too: exports of technical skill and artistry, exports of medicine and magic.
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This has been undesirable, but not of critical importance because our income from invisible exports has made good the difference.
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Trade gap narrows despite cut in invisible earnings.
ply for hire/trade
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A two-in-hand waiting opposite, which Lefevre had assumed to be plying for hire, trotted sedately up to the stage door.
ply your trade
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A number of drug dealers ply their trade in the park.
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But it is up front where the experts ply their trade and both Ian Wright and Les Ferdinand are bouncing with confidence.
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But then, as a free agent, he must have a warm climate in which to ply his trade.
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Complaints Police have received scores of complaints about dealers openly plying their trade in front of small children on street corners.
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In earlier days a lady barber plied her trade here, Belle Kendal by name.
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She is only plying her trade.
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There was Captain Show, a seemingly respectable ex-army man, who plied his trade around the Sunningdale area of the moor.
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Tom was not the only preacher plying his trade that day.
the rag trade
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After agriculture, overseas trade accounts for the largest portion of the economy.
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His father had been a bricklayer by trade .
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Most of the men had worked in skilled trades such as carpentry or printing.
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New agreements will increase trade between the two countries.
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South Korea and Japan have signed an important trade agreement.
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Strong exports of services helped the overall balance of trade .
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The trade deficit with China remains high.
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The trade in data processing between countries is likely to grow faster than the trade in goods.
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The introduction of the Euro should make trade between European countries much easier.
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The U.S. has maintained a trade embargo against Cuba since 1962.
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The war has created favorable conditions for the illegal arms trade .
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Young men and women can learn a trade in the military.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Most had not previously been covered by a trade union unemployment scheme.
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So it was that the trade emulated this sliding scale system for the populace at large.
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The free trade zone failed in various incarnations, and investment has been only sporadic.
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The repression against members of the party, the trade union movement and other progressive organizations increased.
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The Wizards could make more trades that could alter their salary cap structure and the makeup of the team.
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This was in line with the Government's legislation aimed at preventing militancy in trade unions.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
actively
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Also investment trust shares may be less marketable or liquid than others, as they are not actively traded by institutional investors.
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The stock also topped the list of most actively traded issues on the Tokyo exchange with 13. 28 million shares traded.
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Dell Computer and chipmaker Intel were both off sharply as the most actively traded Nasdaq issues.
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Their shares were actively traded from Boston to San Francisco; indeed, theirs and virtually none others.
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PepsiCo was the most actively traded stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
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The Bel20 Index of most actively traded stocks has climbed 4. 4 percent this year to a record.
publicly
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Eaton said large institutional investors today are putting more pressure on publicly traded companies to increase their returns.
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Banca di Roma and Techint will launch an offer for the 16 % of Dalmine that is publicly traded .
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The exact stake depends on the market capitalization of the company when it begins publicly trading .
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The predecessor company split into three publicly traded stocks in December 1995, concentrating on insurance, industrial businesses and entertainment.
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The other 49 percent of Fokker is publicly traded .
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Nippon Housing and Daiichi Housing are the only housing lenders whose stock is publicly traded .
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That year he and his partners created the Electrical Development Company as a publicly traded stock company.
■ NOUN
stock
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Many stocks traded at bloated prices.
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A cluster of ex-dividend stocks trading without the benefit of dividend payments helped keep dealing subdued.
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The stock is thinly traded , meaning that price swings can be dizzying.
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Nippon Housing and Daiichi Housing are the only housing lenders whose stock is publicly traded .
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When he wrote that article, the stock traded between 3 1 / 8 and 2 1 / 2.
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Further, the bigger the tigers, the more volume; that is, the more the stock is traded .
■ VERB
cease
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The council wrote to warn infringing traders some of whom ceased to trade on Sundays as a result of the warnings.
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The arrangement ended on 1 January when the Soviet Union ceased trading with its former allies on a convertible rouble basis.
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Unfortunately Carrera have been experiencing financial difficulties and ceased trading .
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If remedial action is not forthcoming we would cease trading with them.
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The other butcher thought to be involved ceased trading in 1989.
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Of those individuals that cease trading , half enter full-time employment, further education or training programmes.
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Under the Celuform scheme, the Company guarantees that faulty workmanship and materials is put right even if the installer has ceased trading .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
East-West relations/trade etc
allied industries/organizations/trades etc
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The site now employs about 7,000 people directly, although many more are involved in allied industries or in ongoing construction projects.
book/antiques/craft/trade etc fair
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Antiques Fair , Social Centre, Yarm.
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Attractions include over 100 trade stands, refreshment tents and licensed bars, caravan site and craft fair .
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Champagne was also prospering during this time from the great trade fairs .
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Chartwell Travel is offering discounted air fares to the Frankfurt Book Fair from £108 return.
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Eighty countries plan to attend the Baghdad trade fair in November.
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Running alongside was a trade fair .
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Then, on the third day, he would be a guest at a trade fair held in New Jersey.
do a roaring trade (in sth)
invisible earnings/exports/trade etc
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Moreover, the major source of under-recording on the balance of payments up to 1949 was invisible trade.
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On this basis, Britain was the world's biggest generator of invisible earnings, and has probably remained so this year.
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Such earnings are little appreciated outside the specialist areas of business such as finance and insurance which directly contribute to invisible earnings.
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There were probably invisible exports too: exports of technical skill and artistry, exports of medicine and magic.
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This has been undesirable, but not of critical importance because our income from invisible exports has made good the difference.
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Trade gap narrows despite cut in invisible earnings.
the rag trade
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"What do you have for lunch, a peanut butter sandwich?" "Want to trade ?"
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I'll trade you my baseball for those two cars.
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Japan is one of our major trading partners.
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Over a million shares were traded during the day.
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The debating chamber is often simply used as a platform for trading verbal abuse.
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The two nations have not traded with each other for over 30 years.
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The West is accused of trading weapons for hostages.
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We liked each other's clothes, so we traded.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ellis was trapped after Liverpool trading standards officers, posing as dealers, smashed a nationwide network of underground sellers.
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How far depended on a firm's skills at trading for its own account.
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That rule calls for a one-hour trading halt if the industrial average ever falls 250 points.
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There was always a difficulty in obtaining enough currency, a major barrier to trading with the west.
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They were trading 31 lower at 1, 035 earlier today.