trade craft | the skilled practice of a practical occupation, he learned his trade as an apprentice |
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 |
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 |
small civet Viverricula indica Viverricula malaccensis | a common civet of southeast Asia |
small white Pieris rapae | small widely distributed form |
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 |
commodity trade good good | articles of commerce |
firearm piece small-arm | a portable gun, he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster |
seaway sea lane ship route trade route | a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels |
small boat | a boat that is small |
small computer system interface SCSI | interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers |
small ship | a ship that is small |
small stores | personal items conforming to regulations that are sold aboard ship or at a naval base and charged to the person's pay |
small stuff | any light rope used on shipboard |
stock-in-trade | any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation, friendliness is the salesman's stock in trade |
triviality trivia trifle small beer a | something of small importance |
World Trade Center WTC twin towers | twin skyscrapersstories high in New York City, built feet tall into , destroyed by a terrorist attack on September , |
small | a garment size for a small person |
small intestine | the longest part of the alimentary canal, where digestion is completed |
small | the slender part of the back |
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 |
small print fine print | material printed in small type, he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print |
trade-last | a compliment that I heard about you that I offer to trade for a compliment you have heard about me |
fine print small print | the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type, don't sign a contract without reading the fine print |
small letter lowercase lowerase letter minuscule | the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case |
small capital small cap | a character having the form of an upperase letter but the same height as lowerase letters |
trade name brand name brand marque | a name given to a product or service |
d chitchat chithat chit chat small talk gab gabfest gossip tittle-tattle chin wag chin-wag chin wagging chin-wagging causerie b | light informal conversation for social occasions |
business cycle trade cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline |
little slam small slam | winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge |