trade

trade
trade
A n
1 (activity) commerce m ; to do trade with sb faire du commerce avec qn ; to do a good trade faire de bonnes affaires ;
2 (sector of industry) industrie f ; car/book trade industrie automobile/du livre ; she's in the furniture trade elle travaille dans l'ameublement ;
3 (profession) (manual) métier m ; (intellectual) profession f ; by trade de métier ; in the trade we call it… dans la profession or le métier on appelle cela… ; as we say in the trade… comme on dit dans le métier… ;
4 (swap) échange m, troc m ; to do GB ou make US a trade with sb faire un échange or un troc avec qn ;
5 Meteorol ⇒ trade wind ;
6 ◑ (male prostitute) prostitué m.
B modif [negotiations, route, agreement, restrictions] commercial ; [sanctions, embargo] économique ; [press, journal] professionnel/-elle.
C vtr (swap) échanger [objects] (for contre) ; échanger [insults, compliments, blows] ; the two countries traded hostages les deux pays ont échangé des otages.
D vi
1 Comm (buy and sell) faire du commerce (with avec ; at US dans) ; the company trades as Grunard's la société fait du commerce sous le nom de Grunard's ; to trade in sth with sb vendre qch à qn ; to trade at a profit/loss vendre à profit/perte ;
2 Fin (on financial markets) [share, commodity] s'échanger ; to trade at $10 s'échanger à $10 ;
3 (exploit) to trade on exploiter, se servir de [name, reputation, image].
Phrasal verbs
■ trade in :
▶ trade [sth] in, trade in [sth] Comm he traded in his old car/washing-machine on lui a repris sa vieille voiture/machine à laver.
■ trade off :
▶ trade [sth] off against sth, trade off [sth] against sth
1 (weigh up) peser le pour et le contre entre [qch] et qch ;
2 (exchange) échanger [qch] contre qch.
■ trade up US = trade in.

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