Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trading

1 sense of trading

Sense 1
trading -- (buying or selling securities or commodities)
       => commerce, commercialism, mercantilism -- (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb trade

5 senses of trade

Sense 1
trade, merchandise -- (engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets")

Sense 2
trade, trade in -- (turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase; "trade in an old car for a new one")
       => exchange, change, interchange -- (give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year")

Sense 3
trade -- (be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions; "The stock traded around $20 a share")
       => sell -- (be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes")

Sense 4
trade, swap, swop, switch -- (exchange or give (something) in exchange for)
       => exchange, change, interchange -- (give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year")

Sense 5
deal, sell, trade -- (do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes")
       => transact -- (conduct business; "transact with foreign governments")