Trade

trad, n. buying and selling commerce occupation men engaged in the same occupation. v.t. to buy and sell: to act merely for money. v.t. to traffic with. n. Trad er. [Ety. dub. prob* from Fr. traite, transport of goods —L. tract/?, freq. of trnho, to draw.] Trademark, trid'mark, «. any name or distinctive device warranting goods for sale as the production of any individual or firm. Tradesman, rid/man, n. a common name for a shopkeeper a mechanic ’.—fern Trades woman. Trades-union, tr '-iin'yun, u. a union among those of the same trade to maintain their rights Trade winds, trid'wmdz, «. winds in and near the torrid zone, so called from their great service in trade. Tradition, tra-dish'un, n the handing down of opinions or practices to posterity unwritten. [L. trans, over, and do. to give Traditional, tra-dish'un-al. Traditionary, tia- — dish'un-ar-i, adj, delivered by tradition. adz/s Traditionally, Tradl'tlonarily.