| trading | buying or selling securities or commodities |
bond trading
bond-trading activity | trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange) |
| program trading | a trading technique involving large blocks of stock with trades triggered by computer programs |
| insider trading | buying or selling corporate stock by a corporate officer or other insider on the basis of information that has not been made public and is supposed to remain confidential |
trade
craft | the skilled practice of a practical occupation, he learned his trade as an apprentice |
| protection tribute | payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence, every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection |
| protection | the activity of protecting someone or something, the witnesses demanded police protection |
self-defense
self-defence
self-protection | the act of defending yourself |
radiocarbon dating
carbon dating
carbon- dating | a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-, believed to be reliable up to , years |
| trade | the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services, Venice was an important center of trade with the East, they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade |
| fair trade | trade that is conducted legally |
| fair trade | trade that satisfies certain criteria on the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producers, often with other social and environmental considerations |
| free trade | international trade free of government interference |
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
| trade patronage | the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers, even before noon there was a considerable patronage |
| carriage trade | trade from upperlass customers |
operations
trading operations | financial transactions at a brokerage, having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records |
barter
swap
swop
trade | an equal exchange, we had no money so we had to live by barter |
horse trade
horse trading | the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining) |
| deal trade business deal | a particular instance of buying or selling, it was a package deal, I had no further trade with him, he's a master of the business deal |
slave trade
slave traffic | traffic in slaves, especially in Black Africans transported to America in the th to th centuries |
| protection trade protection | the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition, he made trade protection a plank in the party platform |
| restraint of trade | any act that tends to prevent free competition in business |
tradeoff
trade-off | an exchange that occurs as a compromise, I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine |
auspices
protection aegis | kindly endorsement and guidance, the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council |
packrat
pack rat
trade rat
bushytail woodrat
Neotoma cinerea | any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America, hoards food and other objects |
carbon
carbon copy | a copy made with carbon paper |
carbon arc lamp
carbon arc | has carbon electrodes |
commodity
trade good
good | articles of commerce |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
| floor trading floor | a large room in a exchange where the trading is done, he is a floor trader |
protective covering
protective cover
protection | a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury, they had no protection from the fallout, wax provided protection for the floors |
seaway
sea lane
ship route
trade route | a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels |
| stock-in-trade | any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation, friendliness is the salesman's stock in trade |
tetrachlorethylene
tetrachloroethylene
ethylene tetrachloride
carbon dichloride | anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes |
| trading card | a card with a picture on it, collected and traded by children |
World Trade Center
WTC
twin towers | twin skyscrapersstories high in New York City, built feet tall into , destroyed by a terrorist attack on September , |
sun protection factor
SPF | the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun |
| equal protection of the laws | a right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment |
trade book
trade edition | a book intended for general readership |
| fair-trade agreement | an agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer |
| trade bill | a statute that would regulate foreign trade |
| fair-trade act | formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from priceutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise, eliminated by the United States Congress in |
| trade magazine | a magazine published for and read by members of a particular trade group |
trade barrier
import barrier | any regulation or policy that restricts international trade |
embargo
trade embargo
trade stoppage | a government order imposing a trade barrier |
trade policy
national trading policy | a government's policy controlling foreign trade |
| trade secret | a secret (method or device or formula) that gives a manufacturer an advantage over the competition |
| carbon process | a process of printing on paper coated with bichromated gelatin containing pigment |
| trade-last | a compliment that I heard about you that I offer to trade for a compliment you have heard about me |