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 |
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 |
| chamois cloth | a piece of chamois used for washing windows or cars |
cloth cap
flat cap | a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak |
| cloth covering | a covering made of cloth |
commodity
trade good
good | articles of commerce |
| drop cloth | a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted |
drop curtain
drop cloth
drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies, often used as background scenery |
fabric
cloth
material
textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers, the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent, woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
groundsheet
ground cloth | a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture |
| monk's cloth | a heavy cloth in basket weave |
piece of cloth
piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric |
| pilot cloth | a thick blue cloth used to make overcoats and coats for sailors etc |
seaway
sea lane
ship route
trade route | a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels |
| sponge cloth | any soft porous fabric (especially in a loose honeycomb weave) |
| stock-in-trade | any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation, friendliness is the salesman's stock in trade |
suede cloth
suede | a fabric made to resemble suede leather |
| tea cloth | a small tablecloth |
terry
terry cloth
terrycloth | a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides, used to make bath towels and bath robes |
| tray cloth | table linen consisting of a small cloth for a tray |
washcloth
washrag
flannel face cloth | bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body |
| wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
World Trade Center
WTC
twin towers | twin skyscrapersstories high in New York City, built feet tall into , destroyed by a terrorist attack on September , |
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 |
| trade-last | a compliment that I heard about you that I offer to trade for a compliment you have heard about me |
trade name
brand name
brand
marque | a name given to a product or service |
business cycle
trade cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline |
| combination in restraint of trade | (law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States) |