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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
trade
/tɹeɪd/
verb1 of 2
to buy, sell and exchange goods in business
- “I have a son who works for a trading company.”Tatoeba
- “He was carrying trade goods from one town to another.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)