trade
Because it is a word with a single syllable, trade is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oftrade
- Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
Synonyms: commerce
- A particular instance of buying or selling.
Example: "I did no trades with them once the rumors started."
- An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
- Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
Synonyms: business
Example: "The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions."
- Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
Example: "It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade."
- The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
Synonyms: craft
Example: "He learned his trade as an apprentice."
- An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
Example: "After failing his entrance exams, he decided to go into a trade."
- The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
Synonyms: patronage
Example: "Even before noon there was considerable trade."
- (chiefly in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
Example: "They rode the trades going west."
- (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
Example: "Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades."
- A brief sexual encounter.
Example: "Josh picked up some trade last night."
- Instruments of any occupation.
- Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
- A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
- Course; custom; practice; occupation.
- To engage in trade.
Synonyms: deal
Example: "This company trades (in) precious metal."
- To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
Example: "Apple is trading at $200."
- To give (something) in exchange for.
Example: "Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?"
- To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
- To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
Synonyms: "do business"
- To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
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