trade
/treɪd/ nounDefinition
BUYING AND SELLING [U] › the buying and selling of large numbers of goods or services, especially between countries: a trade agreement/dispute They rely heavily on trade with Europe. The laws ban the international trade in ivory.
BUSINESS [C] › a particular area of business or industry: the building/tourist trade
JOB [C] › someone's job, especially one which needs skill in using their hands: He's a builder by trade.
(Definition of trade noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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