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trades
- /tɹeɪdz/ US, UK
Rhymes with -eɪdz
noun
- plural of trade
noun
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Ellipsis of building and manufacturing trades (“the vocations of skilled blue-collar workers; the workforce in these vocations”).
Holonym: technology
Similar: industrial arts
- Ellipsis of trade publications (“publications within an industry or group of related industries, reporting industry-related news and editorials (and usually also advertising) to people in those vocations (workers and managers)”). Meronyms: trade papers, trade journals, trade magazines
- Ellipsis of trade winds (“steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator”). They rode the trades going west.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of trade
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sell, merchandise, barter, trade in, swap, swop, deal, patronage, commercial, craft, switch, trade wind, business deal, corps, body, job
Talk about this word "trades." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/trades. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. trades. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/trades "trades." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/trades.Cite this
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title = {trades},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trades},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
