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trades

  • plural
    of trade.
    trade
    noun
    the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries.
  • present tense form
    of trade (3rd person singular).
    trade
    noun
    the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries.

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If not for Toronto’s first-round picks, the Clippers would have little draft capital to use in trades for impact players.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Jake Behan, head of capital markets at ETF provider Direxion, pointed out that popular trades can be more susceptible to volatility, especially with some participants looking to trade the news.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Chatter about suspicious trades on the results of KPMG-audited companies first surfaced on Polymarket message boards late last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

In many Kalshi trades, customers are going up against the proverbial house.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Jefferson believed that slavery could not end until the plantation system was replaced by manufacturing and enslaved African Americans could learn useful trades.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis