trade
to exchange something, or to stop using or doing something and start using or doing something else instead
زیرنویس کلیپ ویدیویی:
Monica: All right. I’ll prove it to you. I'll trade you Joey for Rachel and I’ll still win the game.
Ross: Fine, fine Rachel, you're with Monica. Joey, you're with me.
باشه. ریچل برو با مونیکا. جویی تو هم با منی.
Rachel: I cannot believe you are trading me.
باورم نمیشه داری منو جابجا میکنی.
Monica: Come on Rachel, com'on. Let's see what it's like to be on a winning team for a change.
بیا ریچل بیا تا یک بار هم شده (برای تنوع) ببینیم توی تیم برنده بودن چطوره.
We traded our necklaces.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
trade
verb (trades, trading, traded)
to buy and sell things:
Japan trades with many different countries.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
II. trade2 S3 W2 BrE AmE verb
[Word Family: noun: ↑trade, ↑trader, ↑trading; verb: ↑trade]
1. [intransitive and transitive] to buy and sell goods, services etc as your job or business
trade with
India began trading with Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries.
trade in
The company trades in silk, tea, and other items.
They had to travel into town to trade the produce from their farm.
2. [intransitive] British English to exist and operate as a business:
The firm now trades under the name Lanski and Weber.
cease trading (=stop being a business because you are bankrupt)
3. [transitive usually passive] to buy or sell something on the ↑stock exchange:
Over a million shares were traded today.
4. trade insults/blows etc to insult or hit each other during an argument or fight
5. [intransitive and transitive] especially American English to exchange something you have for something someone else has SYN swap British English:
We traded necklaces.
trade something with somebody
I wouldn’t mind trading jobs with her.
trade (somebody) something for something
I’ll trade you my camera for your drill.
trade at something phrasal verb
if shares etc trade at a particular price, they cost that amount to buy
trade down phrasal verb
to replace something you own with something cheaper, or buy a cheaper type of thing than before
trade down to
Many of their customers are trading down to cheaper cigarettes.
trade something ↔ in phrasal verb
to give something such as a car to the person you are buying a new one from, as part of the payment
trade something ↔ in for
He traded his old car in for a new model.
⇨ ↑trade-in
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ exchange to give something to someone, and receive a similar thing from them at the same time. Exchange is often used about people telling each other about their ideas, phone numbers, addresses etc: They exchanged photographs before they met. | a place where people can exchange ideas | We exchanged email addresses. | if you are unhappy with the jacket, you can always take it back and exchange it for another one. | These coupons can be exchanged for meals and accommodation.
▪ change to exchange something, especially money. Also used in British English about exchanging something you have bought for something different: I need to change some dollars. | She changed all her money into euros. | We thought it was time we changed our car for something more modern.
▪ swap (also do a swap British English) informal to give something to someone, who gives you something similar: The two schools use the Internet to swap pictures, stories, and jokes. | I like your room better – do you want to do a swap?
▪ trade (also do a trade American English) to exchange something that you have for something that someone else has: The stolen phones are being traded for drugs. | The boys trade sports cards on the playground. | We've got lots of plants we don't need – do you want to do a trade?
▪ switch to change the places of two or more people or things, so that each one is in the place the other was before: Can I switch seats with you?
▪ reciprocate to do or give something, because someone has done or given something similar to you – a rather formal use: They invited us to dinner a while ago, and I'd like to reciprocate.
▪ in exchange/return (for something) if you give something in exchange or in return for something else, you give it in order to get something else back: Williams will plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence.
trade something ↔ off phrasal verb
to balance one situation or quality against another, in order to produce an acceptable result
trade something ↔ off for/against
Companies are under pressure to trade off price stability for short-term gains.
⇨ ↑trade-off
trade on/upon something phrasal verb
to use a situation or someone’s kindness in order to get an advantage for yourself:
If you ask me, they’re just trading on Sam’s good nature.
trade up phrasal verb
to replace something you own with something better, or buy a better type of thing than before
trade up to/from
It also encourages existing home owners to trade up to larger accommodation.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
verb
1. intransitive, transitive to buy and sell things
• ~ (in sth) (with sb) The firm openly traded in arms.
• Early explorers traded directly with the Indians.
• trading partners (= countries that you trade with)
• ~ sth (with sb) Our products are now traded worldwide.
2. intransitive to exist and operate as a business or company
• The firm has now ceased trading.
• ~ as sb/sth They traded as ‘Walker and Son’.
3. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to be bought and sold, or to buy and sell sth, on a stock exchange
• Shares were trading at under half their usual value.
4. transitive to exchange sth that you have for sth that sb else has
• ~ (sb) sth to trade secrets/insults/jokes
• ~ sth for sth She traded her posters for his CD.
• ~ sth with sb I wouldn't mind trading places with her for a day.
Verb forms:
Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Middle Low German, literally track, of West Germanic origin; related to tread. Early senses included ‘course, way of life’, which gave rise in the 16th cent. to ‘habitual practice of an occupation’, ‘skilled handicraft’. The current verb senses date from the late 16th cent.
Example Bank:
• He claimed that all businesses should be able to trade freely on Sundays.
• The company has now ceased trading.
• The company openly traded in arms.
• The company trades under the name ‘English Estates’.
• They now trade as a partnership.
• countries trading illegally in rhinoceros horn
• publicly traded securities
• After settling in Madeira they began trading in flour, sugar and leather.
• Cabinet colleagues traded insults over the future of the pound.
• I wouldn't mind trading places with her for a day.
• The countries are now trading partners.
• The futures contract is traded at a clean price and does not include accrued interest payments.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
trade / treɪd / verb (EXCHANGE)
[ T ] to exchange something, or to stop using or doing something and start using or doing something else instead:
The children traded comics.
[ + two objects ] I'll trade you some of my chocolate for some of your ice cream.
I wouldn't trade you for the world (= I do not want a different partner) .
→ See also trade sth in
[ T ] If people trade statements of a particular type, they say or tell them to each other:
We sat around the dinner table, trading stories.
The two politicians didn't really discuss the issues, they just traded insults
trade / treɪd / adjective
trade publication/journal/magazine/paper a newspaper, etc. produced for people working in a particular business or industry:
a steel industry trade journal
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
trade
[tre͟ɪd]
trades, trading, traded
1) N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp Trade is the activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services between people, firms, or countries.
The ministry had direct control over every aspect of foreign trade.
...negotiations on a new international trade agreement...
Texas has a long history of trade with Mexico.
2) VERB When people, firms, or countries trade, they buy, sell, or exchange goods or services between themselves.
They may refuse to trade, even when offered attractive prices...
[V with n] They had years of experience of trading with the West...
[V in n] He has been trading in antique furniture for 25 years.
Derived words:
trading N-UNCOUNT usu with supp Trading on the stock exchange may be suspended... Sunday trading laws will be reformed.
3) N-COUNT: usu supp N A trade is a particular area of business or industry.
They've completely ruined the tourist trade for the next few years.
...the arms trade.
4) N-COUNT: oft poss N, also by N Someone's trade is the kind of work that they do, especially when they have been trained to do it over a period of time.
He learnt his trade as a diver in the North Sea...
Allyn was a jeweller by trade...
She is a patron of small businesses and trades.
5) V-RECIP If someone trades one thing for another or if two people trade things, they agree to exchange one thing for the other thing. [mainly AM]
[V n for n (non-recip)] They traded land for goods and money...
[V n for n (non-recip)] He still claims the arms weren't traded for hostages...
[pl-n V n] Kids used to trade baseball cards...
[V n with n] They suspected that Neville had traded secret information with Mr Foster.
Syn:
exchange
N-COUNT
Trade is also a noun. I am willing to make a trade with you... It wouldn't exactly have been a fair trade. (in BRIT, use exchange)
6) V-RECIP If you trade places with someone or the two of you trade places, you move into the other person's position or situation, and they move into yours. [mainly AM]
[V n with n] Mike asked George to trade places with him so he could ride with Tod...
[V n with n] Kennedy mischievously suggested that professors ought to trade jobs for a time with janitors...
[pl-n V n] The receiver and the quarterback are going to trade positions.
Syn:
exchange
7) VERB In professional sports, for example football or baseball, if a player is traded from one team to another, they leave one team and begin playing for another. [AM]
[be V-ed] He was traded from the Giants to the Yankees...
[V n] The A's have not won a game since they traded him.(in BRIT, use transfer)
8) V-RECIP If two people or groups trade something such as blows, insults, or jokes, they hit each other, insult each other, or tell each other jokes. [mainly AM]
[pl-n V n] Children would settle disputes by trading punches or insults in the schoolyard...
[V n with n] They traded artillery fire with government forces inside the city.
Phrasal Verbs:
- trade in
- trade off
- trade on
- trade up
Syn:
exchange
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
trade
2trade verb trades; trad·ed; trad·ing
1 a : to give something to someone and receive something in return : to give something in exchange for something else
[no obj]
• Do you want to trade? [=swap]
• If you don't like your seat, I'll trade with you.
[+ obj]
• We traded [=switched] seats halfway through the show.
• I'll trade my chips for your popcorn. = I'll trade you my chips for your popcorn.
• I traded seats with her halfway through the show.
• The boys are on the phone trading jokes/secrets. [=telling each other jokes/secrets]
• I got tired of listening to them trade insults. [=insult each other]
• I would love to trade places with him. [=I would love to be in his situation]
b [+ obj] US sports : to give (one of your players) to another team in exchange for one of their players
• He was traded to the Yankees.
• They traded him to the Broncos.
2 [+ obj] : to stop using (one thing) and start using another
• I traded my pen for a pencil and kept writing.
3 a [no obj] : to buy, sell, or exchange goods or services - often + with or in
• The two countries continue to trade with each other.
• They are suspected of trading in illegal weapons.
• China is one of our biggest trading partners.
b : to buy and sell stocks, bonds, etc.
[+ obj]
• Their firm specializes in trading bonds.
[no obj]
• She mostly trades in stocks.
• The stock is trading at [=is being sold for] $71 a share.
4 [no obj] chiefly Brit : to exist as a company or business
• Our company trades [=does business] under the name Smith & Sons.
trade down [phrasal verb] : to sell something you own and buy a similar thing that costs less money
• They traded down to a smaller house after their children had grown up and moved away.
trade in [phrasal verb] trade (something) in or trade in (something) : to sell (something) back to a business as part of your payment for something else
• We traded our car in for a newer model.
• Trade in your car and get $3,000 towards a new car!
- see also trade-in
trade off [phrasal verb]
1 trade off or trade off (something) US
- used to describe a situation in which one person does something, then another person does it, and so on
• When you get tired of driving, I'll trade off with you. = When you get tired of driving, we can trade off. [=when you get tired, I will drive for a while]
• They trade off [=take turns] babysitting each other's kids.
• Two of the band members traded off guitar solos. [=they took turns playing guitar solos]
2 trade off (something) : to give up (something that you want) in order to have something else - usually + for
• The car's designers traded off some power for greater fuel efficiency.
- see also trade-off
trade on [phrasal verb] trade on (someone or something) : to use (something) in a way that helps you : to get an advantage from (something)
• He wants to succeed by working hard instead of just trading on his good looks.
trade up [phrasal verb] : to sell something you own and buy a similar thing that is more expensive
• They keep trading up, buying larger and larger houses.
