trade

trade

verb

Definition of TRADE

1

to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property <the U.S. agreed to trade with China>

Synonyms deal, traffic

Related Words bargain, barter, horse-trade, negotiate, transact; auction, exchange, merchandise (also merchandize), rebuy, resell, swap; buy, pick up, purchase, take; distribute, fair-trade, market, peddle, retail, sell, supply, vend, wholesale; black-market, bootleg, fence, smuggle; corner, engross, monopolize, undersell; day-trade, invest, speculate

Near Antonyms black [chiefly British], blackball, boycott

2

to give up (something) and take something else in return <I'll trade my chocolate chip cookie for your bag of chips>

Synonyms commute, exchange, shift, substitute, swap, switch, trade

Related Words interchange; displace, replace, supersede; cede, hand over, surrender, yield; reciprocate