vocational rehabilitation | providing training in a specific trade with the aim of gaining employment |
trade craft | the skilled practice of a practical occupation, he learned his trade as an apprentice |
school assignment schoolwork | a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher |
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 |
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 |
art school | a school specializing in art |
Ash Can Ashcan school | early thentury United States painting, portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life |
commodity trade good good | articles of commerce |
day school | a school building without boarding facilities |
music school | a school specializing in music |
old school tie | necktie indicating the school the wearer attended |
reformatory reform school training school | correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders |
school schoolhouse | a building where young people receive education, the school was built in , he walked to school every morning |
school bell | a bell rung to announce beginning or ending of class |
school bus | a bus used to transport children to or from school |
school crossing | a pedestrian crossing where school children cross a street on the way to school |
school ship training ship | a ship used to train students as sailors |
school system | establishment including the plant and equipment for providing education from kindergarten through high school |
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 |
World Trade Center WTC twin towers | twin skyscrapersstories high in New York City, built feet tall into , destroyed by a terrorist attack on September , |
school schooling | the process of being formally educated at a school, what will you do when you finish school? |
vocational training vocational education | training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade |
vocational rehabilitation program | a program of rehabilitation through job training with an eye to gainful employment |
vocational program | a program of vocational education |
doctrine philosophy philosophical system school of thought ism | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school |
school newspaper school paper | a newspaper written and published by students in a school |
trade book trade edition | a book intended for general readership |
textbook text text edition schoolbook school text | a book prepared for use in schools or colleges, his economics textbook is in its tenth edition, the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy |
learner's dictionary school dictionary | a dictionary specially written for those learning a foreign language |
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 |