Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trade hands

To change ownership.

Trade between a country and other countries.

(Ireland, Britain) The sale of alcoholic drinks for consumption off the premises.

The commercial activity of a tramp steamer

(historical) The trade of selling women into prostitution.

(business) The process of travelling in and out of a country, especially the Soviet Union, in order to obtain goods on the outside to sell on the inside.

(finance) The practice of buying shares and then selling them shortly afterward.

A form of countertrade in which an investor is paid back by a share of the proceeds or results generated by the goods and services that the investor provided.

plural of trading estate