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 Trade is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Tennessee. The easternmost community in the state, Trade is located between the towns of Mountain City, Tennessee, and Boone, North Carolina, along US 421. Generally considered Tennessee's ol ...

, 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 A guild ( ) is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular territory. The earliest types of guild formed as organizations of tradespeople belonging to a professional association. They so ...

, an association of artisans or merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area

Other uses

Trade (finance) In finance, a trade is an exchange of a security such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, derivatives or any valuable financial instrument for "cash". Such a financial transaction is usually done by participants of an exchange such as a st ...

, 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 (British English) or stock (American English) is a quantity of the goods and materials that a business holds for the ultimate goal of resale, production or utilisation. Inventory management is a discipline primarily about specifying t ...

, inventory *

Trade (gay slang) ''Trade'' is a gay slang term which refers to the casual partner of a gay man or to the genre of such pairings.Trade (nightclub) Trade was a culturally important gay club night held at Turnmills in London founded in 1990 by Laurence Malice. History Early years 1990–1995 Trade originated as an underground club night beneath Turnmills pub in Clerkenwell Road. Trade wa ...

, a gay nightclub in London

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