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trade

noun
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the activity of buying and selling or of exchanging goods or services between people or countries
تجارت, بازرگانی, داد و ستد
see also balance of trade, cap and trade, fair trade, free trade
2
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a particular type of business
تجارت, کسب‌وکار, حرفه
the building/food/tourist trade
He works in the retail trade.
the fur/book trade
see also rag trade, slave trade
3
a particular area of business and the people or companies that are connected with it
تجارت, حرفه, صنعت, بازرگانی
They offer discounts to the trade .
a trade magazine/journal
Their company is respected and well known in the trade.
It's a trade association that represents all segments of the dairy industry.
see also stock-in-trade
4
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the amount of goods or services that you sell
تجارت, دادوستد
Trade was very good last month.
All around the pyramids, salespeople were doing a roaring trade in souvenirs.
synonym business
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a job, especially one that involves working with your hands and that requires special training and skills
حرفه, پیشه, شغل
He was a carpenter by trade.
When she leaves school, she wants to learn a trade.
She was surrounded by the tools of her trade.
verb
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to buy and sell things
تجارت کردن, خرید و فروش کردن, معامله کردن, داد و ستد کردن
2
to exist and operate as a business or company
کسب و کار کردن, فعالیت کردن
The firm has now ceased trading.
They traded as ‘Walker and Son’.
3
to be bought and sold, or to buy and sell something, on a stock exchange
معامله کردن, خرید و فروش کردن, داد و ستد کردن
Shares were trading at under half their usual value.
Shares in the company haven't been publicly traded since 1998.
4
to exchange something that you have for something that somebody else has
مبادله کردن, معاوضه کردن, داد و ستد کردن, تبادل کردن, معامله کردن
to trade secrets/insults/jokes
Cabinet colleagues traded insults over the future of the pound.
She traded her posters for his CD.
I wouldn't mind trading places with her for a day.