TRADE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Low German; akin to Old High German trata track, course, Old English tredan to tread Date: 14th century 1. a path traversed ; way , a track or trail left by a person or animal ; tread 1, a customary course of action ; practice , 3. the business or work in which one engages regularly ; occupation , an occupation requiring manual or mechanical skill ; craft , the persons engaged in an occupation, business, or industry, 4. dealings between persons or groups, b. the business of buying and selling or bartering commodities ; commerce , business , market , 5. an act or instance of trading ; transaction , a firm's customers ; clientele , the group of firms engaged in a business or industry, ~ wind , a publication intended for persons in the entertainment business, see: business II. verb (~d; trading) Date: 1553 intransitive verb to have dealings ; negotiate , 2. to engage in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, to make one's purchases ; shop , to give one thing in exchange for another, sell 3, transitive verb to do business with, 2. to give in exchange for another commodity ; barter , to engage in frequent buying and selling of (as stocks or commodities) usually in search of quick profits, tradable also ~able adjective III. adjective Date: 1633 of, relating to, or used in ~, 2. intended for or limited to persons in a business or industry , serving others in the same business rather than the ultimate user or consumer , of, composed of, or representing the ~s or ~ unions , having a larger softcover format than that of a mass-market paperback and usually sold only in bookstores