Trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. Traders generally negotiate through a medium of cr ...

is the voluntary exchange of goods, services, or both. Trade or trading may also refer to:

Geography

* Trade, Tennessee, an unincorporated community, United States * Trade City, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community, United States * Trades, Rhône, a commune, France

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Trade'' (film), a 2007 film produced by Roland Emmerich and Rosilyn Heller * Trade, a

trading card game A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. The genre was introduced with '' Magic: The Gathering'' in ...

* Trade, in collective card games, is an in-game exchange of cards that doesn't produce card advantage *

Trade paperback (comics) In comics in the United States, a trade paperback (shortened: TPB or trade) is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually presenting either a complete miniseries, a story arc from a single title, ...

, a collection of stories originally published in comic books *

Trade magazine A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular tradesman, trade or industry. The collective term ...

(also called a trade journal, or trade paper, trade publication, or trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry; the collective term for this area of publishing is the trade press

Occupations and industries

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craft A craft or trade is a pastime or an occupation that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work. In a historical sense, particularly the Middle Ages and earlier, the term is usually applied to people occupied in small scale pr ...

, traditional blue and grey collar occupations requiring manual skills and specialized knowledge *

Trade fair A trade show, also known as trade fair, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific Industry (economics), industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest Product (business), products and se ...

(also called an expo or a trade exhibition, or trade show), an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and customers, study activities of rivals, and examine recent market trends and opportunities * Trade guild, an association of artisans or merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area

Other uses

* Trade (finance), an exchange involving a financial asset *

Trade (sports) In professional sports within the Professional sports leagues in the United States, United States and Professional sports in Canada, Canada, a trade is a sports league transaction between sports clubs involving the exchange of Athlete, player rig ...

, a sports league transaction between sports teams involving the exchange of player rights * Stock in trade, inventory * Trade (gay slang), the straight partner of a gay man * Trade (nightclub), a gay nightclub in London

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