trade show

noun

: a large exposition to promote awareness and sales of especially new products within an industry
a computer trade show

Examples of trade show in a Sentence

The company unveiled a new product at the annual trade show this week.
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The rollout also coincides with the U.S. Travel Association’s IPW 2025 trade show, which returns to McCormick Place this weekend for the first time in a decade, providing an influential international test audience for the new campaign. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025 Riva did meet with certain vendors at JCK in Las Vegas, the biggest trade show for jewelry, which was held June 6 to 9. David Moin, Footwear News, 11 June 2025 Royal Enfield Royal Enfield made a ruckus at the 2023 EICMA trade show with its electric Him-E adventure motorcycle concept. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 11 June 2025 Huang said at the annual Computex technology trade show in Taipei that Nvidia’s GPU market share in China fell to 50% from 95% over the past four years. Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for trade show

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trade show was in 1895

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“Trade show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20show. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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