Noun
1. the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services;
"Venice was an important center of trade with the East""they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"2. people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;
"he represented the craft of brewers""as they say in the trade"3. an equal exchange;
"we had no money so we had to live by barter"4. the skilled practice of a practical occupation;
"he learned his trade as an apprentice"5. a particular instance of buying or selling;
"it was a package deal""I had no further trade with him""he's a master of the business deal"6. the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers;
"even before noon there was a considerable patronage"7. steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator;
"they rode the trade winds going west"