trade show

noun

1. show.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trade show¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

"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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Nguyen, 26, had just returned from a trade show where the president’s trade war “was all that people wanted to talk about.”

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Coming off a tough first quarter at the box office, studios showed off their best films, and in some cases, star-studded casts, at the annual CinemaCon trade show in Las Vegas.

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