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81Trade — From the time that towns in the Netherlands joined the Hansa League during the Middle Ages, commerce has been an im portant source of prosperity. During the Republic and the “Golden Age,” 17th century shipping was the major means of transport …
82trade — [14] Trade originally meant ‘way, track’. Not until the 16th century did the modern sense ‘buying and selling’ emerge, via ‘regular path followed by someone’ and ‘business pursued by someone’. Etymologically, it amounts to a ‘trodden’ path; for… …
83trade-in — noun Something given as part payment on something better. The dealer took our old car as a trade in. Often used like an adjective. We cleaned up the car at trade in time …
84trade — 1. noun 1) the trade in stolen cattle Syn: dealing, buying and selling, commerce, traffic, business 2) the glazier s trade Syn: occupation, work, craft, job, career, professio …
85trade in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms trade in : present tense I/you/we/they trade in he/she/it trades in present participle trading in past tense traded in past participle traded in to give something old as part of the payment for something new… …
86trade up — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms trade up : present tense I/you/we/they trade up he/she/it trades up present participle trading up past tense traded up past participle traded up to sell something in order to buy something of the… …
87trade — 1. Barter. Kālepa. Also: ku aku ai, kū ai aku kū ai mai, ho oku aku ai, piele, ma au auwā, kuapo, mālaulau. Trade ship, moku kālepa. 2. Occupation. Oihana, oihana hana lima. One without a trade, kahua ole …
88trade — An exchange of one commodity, article, or piece of real or personal property for another, sometimes including the addition on the one side of an amount of money known as boot. 30 Am J2d Exch P § 1. An occupation or calling; any ordinary… …
89trade — [14] Trade originally meant ‘way, track’. Not until the 16th century did the modern sense ‘buying and selling’ emerge, via ‘regular path followed by someone’ and ‘business pursued by someone’. Etymologically, it amounts to a ‘trodden’ path; for… …
90trade-up — n. a sale of an article in order to buy something similar but more expensive and of higher quality * * * ˈtrade up 7 [trade up] noun a sale of an object in order to buy sth similar but better and more expensive …
