trades

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /tɹeɪdz/
• Rhymes: -eɪdz

trades

1. plural of trade

trades pl (plural only)

2. Ellipsis of building and manufacturing trades (“the vocations of skilled blue-collar workers; the workforce in these vocations”).

   Meronyms: (people) tradespersons, tradesmen, trade unions; (component vocations) see list of trades

   He decided to go into the trades because in the 21st century it seemed like a safer career move, in terms of wage rates, than becoming just another mediocre college graduate among a sea thereof.

4. 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)”).

   Meronyms: trade papers, trade journals, trade magazines

   Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.

6. Ellipsis of trade winds (“steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator”).

   They rode the trades going west.

trades

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trade

• adrets, E-tards, readst, desart, treads, stared, derats, steard, daters, darest

• IPA^(key): /tʁɛd/

trades

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of trader

• tardes, tardés

trades

1. plural of trade

trades

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of tradar

trādēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of trādō