trade show

noun

1. show.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trade show¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

It had an opaque title—ABS East—but it was, in effect, a trade show for a narrow industry: the guys who originated subprime mortgages, the Wall Street firms that packaged and sold subprime mortgages, fund managers who invested in nothing but subprime mortgage–backed bonds, the agencies that rated subprime mortgage bonds, the lawyers who did whatever the lawyers did.

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He even confronted a Chinese vendor in-person at an industry trade show.

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"Our daughter was at a trade show in Manchester just the other day when a complete stranger came up and told her how much they loved coming to the dinosaur park when they were little," said Amanda.

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The jewelers “substantially under-declared the value of their shipments” when they consented to having their wares transported by the company to the L.A. area for a trade show in Pasadena, according to the suit.

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As a teen he studied art at the Chouinard Art Institute in L.A.’s Westlake neighborhood and found work in World War II as a photographer and designer of sales materials and trade show exhibits for Fluor Corp., an oil and gas engineering and construction firm.

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