trade down
verb
traded down; trading down; trades down
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.
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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
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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
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“Trade down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20down. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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