The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

trade n. 1 commerce, business, traffic, exchange, barter, dealing(s),
buying and selling, merchandising, marketing, mercantilism,
truck: Have we any trade in shoes with South Korea? We are
establishing trade with Eastern Europe? 2 calling, occupation,
pursuit, work, business, employment, line (of work), m‚tier,
job, vocation, craft, career, profession: Just what trade are
you engaged in? 3 swap or swop, exchange, interchange, barter:
Was exchanging your microwave cooker for a hi-fi set a good
trade? 4 customers, clientele, custom, patrons, following,
patronage, shoppers: Her shop caters chiefly to the holiday
trade.
--v. 5 transact or do business, buy, sell, deal, traffic,
merchandise, have dealings: There are laws against Sunday
trading in some areas. 6 exchange, swap or swop, interchange,
switch, barter; return: Having traded his car for the boat, Sam
has no way of reaching the marina.
trader n. dealer, merchant, businessman, broker, merchandiser,
distributor, seller, salesman, saleswoman, salesperson, vendor,
buyer, purchaser, retailer, wholesaler: All sorts of traders
can be found in the covered market.
tradesman n. 1 merchant, dealer, shopkeeper, retailer, vendor, seller: A
tradesman had been ringing at the door for several minutes. 2
artisan, craftsman, journeyman, handicraftsman: He is a
tradesman, a skilled cabinet-maker by profession.
tradition n. custom, practice, habit, usage, convention, ritual, rite,
unwritten law, institution, form, praxis, lore: Exchanging
gifts on Christmas Eve has long been a tradition in our family.
traditional
adj. customary, usual, routine, habitual, standard, household,
stock, time-honoured, established, well-known, conventional,
ritual, unwritten, accustomed, historic, old, ancestral:
Mazetta mocha tarts were the traditional birthday cakes at home
when I was a child.
traffic n. 1 movement, conveyance, shipping, transport, freight,
Chiefly US transportation: Traffic across the border has
resumed. 2 See trade, 1, above: Drug traffic has increased