Syn. — Profession; occupation; office; calling; avocation; employment;
commerce; dealing; traffic.
Board of trade. See under Board. — Trade dollar. See under Dollar. —
Trade price, the price at which goods are sold to members of the same
trade, or by wholesale dealers to retailers. — Trade sale, an auction
by and for the trade, especially that of the booksellers. — Trade wind,
a wind in the torrid zone, and often a little beyond at, which blows
from the same quarter throughout the year, except when affected by
local causes; — so called because of its usefulness to navigators, and
hence to trade.
The general direction of the trade winds is from N. E. to S. W. on the
north side of the equator, and from S. E. to N. W. on the south side of
the equator. They are produced by the joint effect of the rotation of
the earth and the movement of the air from the polar toward the
equatorial regions, to supply the vacancy caused by heating,
rarefaction, and consequent ascent of the air in the latter regions.
The trade winds are principally limited to two belts in the tropical
regions, one on each side of the equator, and separated by a belt which
is characterized by calms or variable weather.
Trade (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traded; p. pr. & vb. n. Trading.] 1. To
barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or
sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to
bargain; to carry on commerce as a business.
A free port, where nations . . . resorted with their goods and traded.
Arbuthnot.