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(n)
Something which is offered or asked for in exchange for something else.
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(uncountable) The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
(v)
(transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).
An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
A fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles.
(transitive, ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
An act of exchanging or trading.
(adj)
Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade.
The act of one who bargains.
The act of one who haggles.
(intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
The same in value (status, merit, etc): having or deserving the same rights or treatment.
Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased.
(transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
negotiate with much give and take
(intransitive) To haggle or barter.
Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.
(intransitive) To bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale.
(intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
property used as part payment for a new purchase
(transitive) To change the order of.
An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else.
(intransitive) To become something different.
(transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
An intermediary used in trade to avoid the inconveniences of a pure barter system, such as money.
(international trade) Exchange of goods or services that are paid for, in whole or part, with other goods or services.
A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
A generally accepted means of exchange.
An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
(transitive) To supply (an item of goods), along with money, in exchange for other goods or services.
(economics) Money which functions in a manner as to render the economic results unchanged from those of a barter economy.
(economics) A stage or system in an economy in which lawful money replaces barter in the exchange of goods.
A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.
(business) A deal to swap goods or services.
(obsolete) An exchange of one thing for another.
A medium of exchange.
(economics, especially Marxism) The proportion at which a commodity can be exchanged for other commodities.
(often figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.
The process of making a business activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities.
An economy in which goods and services are exchanged in a market, as opposed to a state-controlled economy.
A group of businesses that offer products that are related from a consumer's perspective but which have no institutional connections.
(finance) Direct trading between institutions, without the services of broker-dealers.
The exchange of currency from one country for currency from another country.
Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay.
A form of social organization where individuals are free to trade for any commodity, including those usually reserved for the state.
(uncountable) Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
A place where trading of goods takes place.
Trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing, or price controls.
The practice of selling black market goods or trading on the black market.
The act of exchanging currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage.
The goods in which a mercer deals.
(US) the conveyance of freight by trucks.
Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
(banking) A document demanding payment from another party, especially used in international trade.
The trade of a barkeeper; selling drinks from a bar.
A rebate or commission paid with goods or services, rather than cash.
The sale of goods or services to each other by multiple parties.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bread, trade.
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
Alternative spelling of money changing. [The act of exchanging currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage.]
(economics, usually negative) The changing of import sources as a result of political agreements, rather than to increase mutual benefit.
The activity of working as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.
(finance) The price at which the buyer and seller are willing to do business.
International trade without government interference, especially from tariffs or duties on imports.
(economics) Forms of money that pass from hand to hand, such as coins and banknotes.
(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
(transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
(footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
(historical) A monetary allowance given to servants so that they can buy food for themselves.
Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
(business) The buying and selling of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized or intended by the manufacturer or producer.
(economics) A form of countertrade by which one company sells to another its obligation to make a purchase in a given country.
(Canada, US) A meet for the purpose of trading, including buying and selling or swapping (bartering); a flea market.
(economics, marketing) The perceived value of getting a good deal; the difference between the amount paid and a notional reference price.
(economics) A good that is rivalrous and excludable.
(economics, trading) The difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time.
Work carried out by the job; piecework, odd-job work.
(economics) Any market in which trade is unregulated by government; an economic system free from government intervention.
The use of a time bank.
A system for reciprocal volunteering that uses time as the unit of currency.
An illegal business transaction where cash or something else of value is exchanged for illegal drugs, usually conducted in a clandestine manner.
(dated) A contract made for the sale or purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds, at a certain time in the future.
A website that acts as a broker between parties that want to place bets with each other, working on similar principles to a stock market.
A stock exchange.
A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.