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Word entry · 5 letters

trade

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"Buying and selling"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /tɹeɪd/Part of speech noun, verbSorted adertStarts with TEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Buy and sell; skilled occupation

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • I did no trades with them once the rumors started.
  • "Sell America" is the latest trade on Wall Street.
  • EXCHANGE — A trade or swap of no material profit to either side.

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