| 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 |
| materials handling | act of loading and unloading and moving goods within e.g. a factory especially using mechanical devices |
| creating from raw materials | the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it |
| 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 |
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 |
commodity exchange
commodities exchange
commodities market | an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery |
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 |
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 |
| 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 , |
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 |
| source materials | publications from which information is obtained |
| trade-last | a compliment that I heard about you that I offer to trade for a compliment you have heard about me |
| trading stamp | a token resembling a stamp given by a retailer to a buyer, the token is redeemable for articles on a special list |
trade name
brand name
brand
marque | a name given to a product or service |
| horse trading | negotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining |
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) |
apparel industry
garment industry
fashion industry
fashion business
rag trade | makers and sellers of fashionable clothing |
| commodity brokerage | a brokerage firm dealing in commodities |
United States Trade Representative
US Trade Representative | the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade |