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Synonyms of trade in English:

trade


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noun

1‘the illicit trade in stolen cattle’

SYNONYMS
commerce, buying and selling, dealing, traffic, trafficking, business, marketing, merchandising, bargaining
dealings, transactions, negotiations, proceedings

2‘he left school to learn the glazier's trade’

SYNONYMS
craft, occupation, job, day job, career, profession, business, pursuit, living, livelihood, line, line of work, line of business, vocation, calling, walk of life, province, field
work, employment
métier

3‘we'll do a trade—I'll give you Foster if you get me some information’

SYNONYMS
swap, exchange, switch, barter, interchange, substitution, replacement, trade-off
archaic truck

verb

1‘he made his fortune trading in beaver pelts’

SYNONYMS
deal, traffic
buy and sell, market, peddle, merchandise, barter
informal hawk, tout, flog, run

2‘the business is trading at a loss’

SYNONYMS
do business, deal, run, operate

3‘I traded the old machine for a newer model’

SYNONYMS
swap, exchange, switch, barter, substitute, replace
archaic truck

Phrases

    trade on

    ‘he trades on his friendship with powerful people’


    SYNONYMS
    exploit, take advantage of, capitalize on, profit from, use, make use of
    milk, abuse, misuse
    informal cash in on