trade down

verb

traded down; trading down; trades down

intransitive verb

1
: to trade something in (such as an automobile) for something less expensive or valuable of its kind
2
: to stock or purchase lower-priced items : economize

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Stocks traded down on Thursday morning. Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025 Shares of Opendoor were trading down 3.5% at $9.14 as of early morning trading Tuesday. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025 The deal didn’t do much to move the needle on VF’s stock, which was trading down around 1 percent on Monday, but was viewed mainly positively. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2025 Sanctions and European gas supply diversification are bringing Russia’s European gas trade down to a fraction of its previous volume. Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trade down

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of trade down was in 1905

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“Trade down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20down. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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