How do you use the word "trade" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "trade": We should not put restrictions on foreign trade. Every man for his own trade.

Trade Meaning

/tɹeɪd/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe buying and selling of goods and services on a market.

nounA particular instance of buying or selling, or a series of related transactions executed as a single investment.

Sentence Examples

We should not put restrictions on foreign trade.

Every man for his own trade.

Do you belong to any professional or trade associations?

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

craft merchandise patronage

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The two countries decided to ____ goods and services to benefit both economies.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Many countries around the world engage in international ____ to exchange goods and several services with each other today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, course”), from Old Saxon trada (“spoor, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *tradu, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“track, way”), and cognate with Old English tredan (“to tread”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to tread, walk, step, run”). Cognate with Dutch trade, tra (“path, trail, course, trade”), German Low German Traad (“track, wagon trail”), Luxembourgish Tratt (“step, pace”), Icelandic tröð (“a lane between fences, enclosure, pen”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"EXCHANGE — A trade or swap of no material profit to either side." — 1989, Bruce Pandolfini, Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps, →ISBN, Glossary, page 225:

"When Golden State matched the Knicks' offer sheet, the Warriors and Knicks worked out a trade that sent King to New York for Richardson." — 2009, Elliott Kalb, Mark Weinstein, The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time, →ISBN, page 60:

"But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal." — 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:

"Subsequently some Scottish troops settled, took up trade as weavers, tailors, or mariners, and married Dutch women." — 2007, Michael Lynch, The Oxford Companion to Scottish History, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228:

"Getting a job in your major is no breeze: Remember we made fun of those who took up a trade" — 2012, Liberty Carrington, Wide Eyes Closed, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 92:

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