trade
ADJECTIVE:
1. of or relating to trade or commerce.
2. used by, serving, or intended for a particular trade:
trade journal.
3. Also "trades," of, composed of, or serving the members of a trade:
a trade club.
4. intended for or available only to people in industry or business:
trade prices.
5. of, relating to, or used in trade.
6. intended for or limited to persons in a business or industry:
a trade publication; trade sales.
7. serving others in the same business rather than the ultimate user or consumer:
a trade printing house.
8. or less commonly "trades," of, composed of, or representing the trades or trade unions:
a trade committee.
9. having a larger softcover format than that of a mass-market paperback and usually sold only in bookstores:
trade paperbacks
—also, of or relating to the publishing of such books.
Origin:
1300–50; 1540–50 for def. 6; Middle English: course, path, track <Middle Low German, Middle Dutch (Old Saxon trada), cognate with Old High German trata; akin to tread. British dictionary: C14 (in the sense: track, hence, a regular business): related to Old Saxon trada, Old High German trata track; see tread. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of trade: Noun: 15th century. Verb: 1553. Adjective: 1625. History and Etymology for trade: Noun: Middle English, from Middle Low German; akin to Old High German trata track, course, Old English tredan to tread. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 26 August 2020 {8:12 AM}
1. of or relating to trade or commerce.
2. used by, serving, or intended for a particular trade:
trade journal.
3. Also "trades," of, composed of, or serving the members of a trade:
a trade club.
4. intended for or available only to people in industry or business:
trade prices.
5. of, relating to, or used in trade.
6. intended for or limited to persons in a business or industry:
a trade publication; trade sales.
7. serving others in the same business rather than the ultimate user or consumer:
a trade printing house.
8. or less commonly "trades," of, composed of, or representing the trades or trade unions:
a trade committee.
9. having a larger softcover format than that of a mass-market paperback and usually sold only in bookstores:
trade paperbacks
—also, of or relating to the publishing of such books.
Origin:
1300–50; 1540–50 for def. 6; Middle English: course, path, track <Middle Low German, Middle Dutch (Old Saxon trada), cognate with Old High German trata; akin to tread. British dictionary: C14 (in the sense: track, hence, a regular business): related to Old Saxon trada, Old High German trata track; see tread. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of trade: Noun: 15th century. Verb: 1553. Adjective: 1625. History and Etymology for trade: Noun: Middle English, from Middle Low German; akin to Old High German trata track, course, Old English tredan to tread. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 26 August 2020 {8:12 AM}