trade
noun
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries.
traded
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past participleof trade.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof trade.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tradenounthe act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries.
Example Sentences
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After two years he was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles and then moved to Indianapolis, where he stepped in to guide the team to a winning record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Martha Stewart traded homemaking for homelessness on Halloween.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Cryptocurrencies are digital assets traded on exchanges such as Binance.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Meanwhile, here’s one other consideration: Running a private-equity portfolio is a much more expensive enterprise than running a passive portfolio of publicly traded stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
By spring, she traded for shares of folks’ seed.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
