# trades

Pronunciation: say "TRAYDZ" /tɹeɪdz/

## Noun

1. Plural of trade. — plural of trade
   - Simple: Plural of trade. Use this form when you mean more than one job or more than one swap.
   - _The town once thrived on the wool and leather trades._
   - _Both teams completed their roster trades before the deadline._
3. Ellipsis of building and manufacturing trades: the skilled blue-collar vocations and the workforce in them. — Ellipsis of building and manufacturing trades (“the vocations of skilled blue-collar workers; the workforce in these vocations”).
   - Simple: Short form of building and manufacturing trades. It means skilled hands-on jobs and the people who do them.
   - _After high school he went into the trades and apprenticed as an electrician._
   - _Labor shortages in the trades have driven wages sharply higher._
4. Ellipsis of trade winds: the steady winds blowing from the east toward the equator above and below it. — Ellipsis of trade winds (“steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator”).
   - Simple: Short form of trade winds. It means the steady winds that blow toward the equator from the east.
   - _The captain rode the trades westward and made excellent time toward the islands._
   - _Sailors counted on the trades for reliable passage across the tropics._
5. Ellipsis of trade publications: the industry magazines and newsletters carrying news and editorials to workers and managers in a field. — Ellipsis of trade publications (“publications within an industry or group of related industries, reporting industry-related news and editorials (and usually also advertising) to people in those vocations (workers and managers)”).
   - Simple: Short form of trade publications. It means the magazines and news made for people in one line of work.
   - _Her appointment was announced in the trades a full week before the press release._
   - _Advertisers spend heavily in the trades to reach buyers within the industry._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of trade. — third-person singular simple present indicative of trade
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of trade. Use this form after he, she, it, or one person or thing.
   - _The firm trades commodities across several international markets._
   - _She trades her lunch break for an earlier finish on Fridays._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/trades (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).