Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
trade noun (BUSINESS)
/treɪd/ n
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[C] a particular business or industry
the building/catering/tourist trade
the book/car/fur trade
He worked in the same trade all his life.
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[C or U] a job, especially one which needs special skill and which involves working with your hands
After she left school, she went to college to learn a trade.
He's a carpenter by trade.
the trade
the people who work in a particular business or industry or in the same one
People who work in the trade can buy their books at a discount.
The company only supplies its goods to the (building/catering) trade, not direct to the public.
(Definition of trade noun (BUSINESS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
