Trade

What “Trade” means

Noun

1. The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
2. A particular instance of buying or selling, or a series of related transactions executed as a single investment.
3. An idea or strategy for an investment on a market.
4. An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
5. Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.

Verb

1. To engage in trade.
2. To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
3. To give (something) in exchange (for).
4. To mutually exchange (something) (with).
5. To use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit.

Adj

1. Of a product, produced for sale in the ordinary bulk retail trade and hence of only the most basic quality.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, course”), from Old Saxon trada (“spoor, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *tradu, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“track, way”), and cognate with Old English tredan (“to tread”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to tread, walk, step, run”). Cognate with Dutch trade, tra (“path, trail, course, trade”), German Low German Traad (“track, wagon trail”), Luxembourgish Tratt (“step, pace”), Icelandic tröð (“a lane between fences, enclosure, pen”).

Business name ideas with “Trade”

Industries where “Trade” fits

We suggest this word for 75 business types and industries, including:

• All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
• Automobile and Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers
• Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers
• Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers
• Brick, Stone, and Related Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers
• Business to Business Electronic Markets
• Coal and Other Mineral and Ore Merchant Wholesalers
• Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
• Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers
• Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
• Convention and Trade Show Organizers
• Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers
• Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers
• Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
• Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
• Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
• Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers
• Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
• Footwear Merchant Wholesalers
• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
• Furniture Merchant Wholesalers
• General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers
• Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers
• Hardware Merchant Wholesalers
• Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
• Household Appliances, Electric Housewares, and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers
• Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
• Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
• Industrial and Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers
• International Trade Financing
• Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers
• Livestock Merchant Wholesalers
• Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers
• Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers
• Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
• Men's and Boys' Clothing and Furnishings Merchant Wholesalers
• Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers
• Motor Vehicle Parts (Used) Merchant Wholesalers
• Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers
• Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers