traded; trading
1
: to give one thing in exchange for another
2
a
: to engage in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods
b
: to make one's purchases : shop
trades at his store
3
4
obsolete
: to have dealings : negotiate
1
a
: to give in exchange for another commodity : barter
also
: to make an exchange of
traded places
b
: to engage in frequent buying and selling of (stocks, commodities, etc.) usually in search of quick profits
2
archaic
: to do business with
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Examples of trade in a Sentence
Verb
If you don't like your seat, I'll trade with you.
I traded seats with her halfway through the show.
He was traded to the Yankees.
They traded him to the Broncos.
I traded my pen for a pencil and kept writing.
Their firm specializes in trading bonds.
She mostly trades in stocks.
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 6 June 2026
The products, which trade under the tickers BHYP and THYP, have raised close to $150 million in assets and since launch have mostly experienced positive net inflow days, something that caught the attention of Nate Geraci, president of NovaDius Wealth Management.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 6 June 2026
And a nod to president of baseball operations and general manager Alex Anthopoulos for not meddling with the lineup — and having the smarts to trade for Dubón in the first place.
—Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 6 June 2026
CrowdStrike was one of the year’s strongest tech performers and traded above 100 times forward earnings late in the year, by market analyses; weaker and pricier names did not keep up.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
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Verb
Twenty-year-old Steven Zhang trades mostly on Kalshi mention markets, which allow users to bet on whether someone will say a specific word or phrase during an event.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 6 June 2026
The products, which trade under the tickers BHYP and THYP, have raised close to $150 million in assets and since launch have mostly experienced positive net inflow days, something that caught the attention of Nate Geraci, president of NovaDius Wealth Management.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 6 June 2026
And a nod to president of baseball operations and general manager Alex Anthopoulos for not meddling with the lineup — and having the smarts to trade for Dubón in the first place.
—Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 6 June 2026
CrowdStrike was one of the year’s strongest tech performers and traded above 100 times forward earnings late in the year, by market analyses; weaker and pricier names did not keep up.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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trade
1 of 3 noun1
: the business or work in which a person takes part regularly : occupation
2
: an occupation requiring manual or mechanical skill
3
: the persons working in an occupation, business, or industry
4
: the business of buying and selling items : commerce
5
a
: an act or instance of trading : transaction
b
: an exchange of property without use of money : swap
6
: a firm's customers
7
: trade wind
—usually used in plural
trade
2 of 3 verb
traded; trading
1
a
: to give in exchange for something else
b
: to make an exchange of
traded places
2
a
: to take part in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods
b
: to deal regularly as a customer
trade
3 of 3 adjective
: of, relating to, or used in trade
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