union
unification
uniting
conjugation jointure | the act of making or becoming a single unit, the union of opposing factions, he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays |
trade
craft | the skilled practice of a practical occupation, he learned his trade as an apprentice |
coupling
mating
pairing
conjugation
union sexual union | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes, the casual couplings of adolescents, the mating of some species occurs only in the spring |
| 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 |
commodity
trade good
good | articles of commerce |
Cooper Union
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | university founded in by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences |
long underwear
union suit | an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece |
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 |
| student union | a building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body |
| union | a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) |
Union Jack
Union flag | national flag of the United Kingdom |
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 |
| union card | a card certifying membership in a labor union |
| 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 |
| union | the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts, lightning produced an unusual union of the metals |
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) |
| union sum join | a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets, let C be the union of the sets A and B |
apparel industry
garment industry
fashion industry
fashion business
rag trade | makers and sellers of fashionable clothing |
United States Trade Representative
US Trade Representative | the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade |
European Union
EU
European Community
EC
European Economic Community
EEC
Common Market
Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
| Pan American Union | the administrative agency of the Organization of American States |
union labor union
trade union
trades union
brotherhood | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer, you have to join the union in order to get a job |
industrial union
vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
| Teamsters Union | an industrial union of truck drivers and chauffeurs and warehouse workers |