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trade verb ( BUY AND SELL )
/treɪd/ v Definition
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[I or T usually + adverb or preposition] to buy and sell goods or services, especially between countriesFor centuries, Native Americans traded with European settlers.
The company has been trading in oil for many years.
The two countries have become close trading partners.
Our books are traded right across Asia.
See also: horsetrade
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[I or T] to be bought and sold, or to buy and sell shares, on the stock exchangeOn London's Stock Exchange, 18.5 million shares were traded yesterday.
Shares in the company traded actively.
(Definition of trade verb (BUY AND SELL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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