Trades

//tɹeɪdz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of trade form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of building and manufacturing trades (“the vocations of skilled blue-collar workers; the workforce in these vocations”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only

    "Holonym: technology"

  3. 3
    Ellipsis of trade publications (“publications within an industry or group of related industries, reporting industry-related news and editorials (and usually also advertising) to people in those vocations (workers and managers)”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only

    "Meronyms: trade papers, trade journals, trade magazines"

  4. 4
    Ellipsis of trade winds (“steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only

    "They rode the trades going west."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of trade form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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