I.
noun
1 buying/selling of goods/services
ADJECTIVE
▪ booming , brisk , burgeoning , expanding , flourishing , lively , roaring , thriving
▪
All around the pyramids, salespeople were doing a roaring ~ in souvenirs.
▪ increased
▪ lucrative , profitable
▪ cross-border , external , foreign , global , international , overseas , transatlantic , world
▪ domestic , internal , interstate , regional
▪ export , import , import-export
▪ direct , indirect
▪ free , liberalized
▪ fair
▪
The organization promotes fair ~ with developing countries.
▪ legal , legitimate
▪ illegal , illicit
▪
attempts to curb the illicit ~ in exotic species
▪ private
▪ coastal , maritime
▪ agricultural , commercial
▪ merchandise , retail , wholesale
▪
It has been a bad year for the retail ~.
▪ book , fur , ivory , timber , wildlife , wine , etc.
▪ sex , slave
▪ drug , heroin , opium
▪ tourist
▪
the area's dependence on the tourist ~
▪ evil ( esp. BrE )
▪
the evil ~ in drugs
VERB + TRADE
▪ conduct , do , engage in , ply
▪
All manner of street sellers were plying their ~.
▪ boost , build up , develop , expand , increase , promote
▪
a bid to boost foreign ~
▪
He built up a ~ in seeds, corn and manure.
▪ facilitate
▪ damage , harm
▪
A bitterly cold winter damaged industrial output and ~.
▪ lose
▪
The store has lost a day's ~.
▪ ban , restrict
▪ liberalize
▪ control , govern , regulate
▪ dominate
▪
They already dominated the domestic ~ in raw jute.
TRADE + VERB
▪ boom , expand , flourish , grow , increase , pick up
▪ decline , fall
TRADE + NOUN
▪ balance , figures , performance , statistics
▪ surplus
▪ deficit , gap , imbalance
▪ adjustment
▪ barrier , blockade , boycott , embargo , restrictions , sanctions
▪ tariff
▪ dispute , war
▪
The countries were locked in a ~ war, refusing to allow imports of each other's goods.
▪ liberalization
▪ benefits , concessions
▪ accord , agreement , deal , pact , protocol , treaty
▪ negotiations , talks
▪ cooperation , links , network , relations
▪ partner
▪ agenda , policy , practice
▪
The US was accused of employing unfair ~ practices.
▪ law , legislation , regime , rules
▪ bloc
▪
The five countries formed a regional ~ bloc.
▪ delegation , mission
▪
Several local companies took part in a ~ mission to Spain.
▪ commissioner , minister , negotiator , official , representative
▪
talks between ~ officials from the two countries
▪ mark (usually trademark ) , name
▪ promotion
▪ exhibition , fair , show
▪ centre/center
▪ route
▪
The road has been an important ~ route since prehistoric times.
▪ cycle
▪
the boom and slump periods of a ~ cycle
▪ association , body , group , organization
▪
the ~ body representing water companies
▪ directory
▪ journal , magazine , paper , press , publication
▪ information , secret
▪
The employees were fired for divulging ~ secrets to a competitor.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
She's in the wholesale fruit ~.
▪
These flour sacks are known in the ~ as ‘pockets’.
▪ ~ between
▪
Trade between the Adriatic ports and their hinterland had grown.
▪ ~ in
▪
Steps were taken to ban the ~ in ivory.
▪ ~ with
▪
The US has restricted ~ with India.
2 job
ADJECTIVE
▪ skilled
▪ building
▪
Work in the building ~s became scarce.
VERB + TRADE
▪ learn
▪ carry on , exercise , follow , practise/practice
▪
the tools needed to carry on a ~
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
She is a carpenter by ~.
PHRASES
▪ a jack of all ~s (= a person who can do many different types of work) , the tricks of the ~
▪
The experienced artisan would pass on the tricks of the ~ to the apprentice.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ profitably , successfully
▪ actively
▪ openly
▪
The company openly ~d in arms.
▪ publicly
▪
publicly ~d securities
▪ widely
▪ freely
▪
He claimed that all businesses should be able to ~ freely on Sundays.
▪ directly
▪ illegally
▪ fairly
▪ internationally
▪ online
VERB + TRADE
▪ continue to
▪ cease to
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
They now ~ as a partnership.
▪ in
▪
countries trading illegally in rhinoceros horn
▪ with
▪
Early explorers ~d directly with the Indians.
PHRASES
▪ cease trading , continue trading
▪
The company has now ceased trading.
▪ ~ under the name (of) sth
▪
The company ~s under the name ‘Language Solutions’.
Trade is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ share
Trade is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ car , ↑ insult , ↑ security , ↑ stock