[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

trade \trade\, n. formerly, a path, oe. tred a footmark. see
   tread, n.  v.
   1. a track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel;
      resort. obs.
      1913 webster

            a postern with a blind wicket there was,
            a common trade to pass through priam's house.
                                                  --surrey.
      1913 webster

            hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

            or, i'll be buried in the king's highway,
            some way of common trade, where subjects' feet
            may hourly trample on their sovereign's head.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. course; custom; practice; occupation; employment. obs.
      "the right trade of religion." --udall.
      1913 webster

            there those five sisters had continual trade.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

            long did i love this lady,
            long was my travel, long my trade to win her.
                                                  --massinger.
      1913 webster

            thy sin's not accidental but a trade. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration;
      affair; dealing. obs.
      1913 webster

            have you any further trade with us?   --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. specifically: the act or business of exchanging
      commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money;
      commerce; traffic; barter.
      1913 webster

   note: trade comprehends every species of exchange or dealing,
         either in the produce of land, in manufactures, in
         bills, or in money; but it is chiefly used to denote
         the barter or purchase and sale of goods, wares, and
         merchandise, either by wholesale or retail. trade is
         either foreign or domestic. foreign trade consists in
         the exportation and importation of goods, or the
         exchange of the commodities of different countries.
         domestic, or home, trade is the exchange, or buying and
         selling, of goods within a country. trade is also by
         the wholesale, that is, by the package or in large
         quantities, generally to be sold again, or it is by
         retail, or in small parcels. the carrying trade is the
         business of transporting commodities from one country
         to another, or between places in the same country, by
         land or water.
         1913 webster

   5. the business which a person has learned, and which he
      engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit;
      occupation; especially, mechanical employment as
      distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned
      professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of
      a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the
      trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.
      1913 webster

            accursed usury was all his trade.     --spenser.
      1913 webster

            the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade. --milton.
      1913 webster

            i will instruct thee in my trade.     --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. instruments of any occupation. obs.
      1913 webster

            the house and household goods, his trade of war.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   7. a company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus,
      booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the
      trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.
      1913 webster

   8. pl. the trade winds.
      1913 webster

   9. refuse or rubbish from a mine. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   syn: profession; occupation; office; calling; avocation;
        employment; commerce; dealing; traffic.
        1913 webster

   board of trade. see under board.

   trade dollar. see under dollar.

   trade price, the price at which goods are sold to members
      of the same trade, or by wholesale dealers to retailers.
      

   trade sale, an auction by and for the trade, especially
      that of the booksellers.

   trade wind, a wind in the torrid zone, and often a little
      beyond at, which blows from the same quarter throughout
      the year, except when affected by local causes; -- so
      called because of its usefulness to navigators, and hence
      to trade.
      1913 webster

   note: the general direction of the trade winds is from n. e.
         to s. w. on the north side of the equator, and from s.
         e. to n. w. on the south side of the equator. they are
         produced by the joint effect of the rotation of the
         earth and the movement of the air from the polar toward
         the equatorial regions, to supply the vacancy caused by
         heating, rarefaction, and consequent ascent of the air
         in the latter regions. the trade winds are principally
         limited to two belts in the tropical regions, one on
         each side of the equator, and separated by a belt which
         is characterized by calms or variable weather.
         1913 webster
see also:
tread board of trade board trade dollar dollar trade price 
trade sale trade wind 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dollar \dol"lar\, n. d. daalder, lg. dahler, g. thaler, an
   abbreviation of joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first
   coined, about the year 1518, in the valley g. thal of st.
   joachim, in bohemia. see dale.
   1.
      a a silver coin of the united states containing 371.25
          grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is,
          having a total weight of 412.5 grains.
      b a gold coin of the united states containing 23.22
          grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is,
          having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths
          fine. it is no longer coined.
          1913 webster

   note: previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount
         of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now,
         the total weight being 416 grains. the gold dollar as a
         distinct coin was first made in 1849. the eagles, half
         eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained
         24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each
         dollar.
         1913 webster

   2. a coin of the same general weight and value as the united
      states silver dollar, though differing slightly in
      different countries, formerly current in mexico, canada,
      parts of south america, also in spain, and several other
      european countries.
      1913 webster +pjc

   3. the value of a dollar; the unit of currency, differing in
      value in different countries, commonly employed in the
      united states and a number of other countries, including
      australia, canada, hong kong, parts of the carribbean,
      liberia, and several others.
      1913 webster +pjc

   chop dollar. see under 9th chop.

   dollar fish zool., a fish of the united states coast
      stromateus triacanthus, having a flat, roundish form
      and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish,
      and lafayette. see butterfish.

   trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the united
      states mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at
      home. it contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of
      alloy.
see also:
dale chop dollar chop dollar fish stromateus triacanthus butterfish 
lafayette butterfish trade dollar 

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