Collocations for "trading"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "trading" in context.
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trade
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [free, foreign, domestic, international, commercial] trade
- the [car, furniture, computer, property] trade
- [brisk, slow, disappointing] trade
- did a [brisk] trade
- the [sex, slave, ivory, skin] trade
- an [illegal, inhumane] trade
- [support, promote, oppose] free trade
- [increase, reduce, improve] trade with
- [encourage, foster, promote] trade
- a [growth, drop, fall, decrease, rise] in trade
- trade between [two countries, the USA and China]
- the trade of [commodities, gold, shares, players]
- do you want to make a trade?
- let's make a trade
- that's a fair trade
- is a [good, bad, amazing, awful] trade
- a [carpenter, lawyer, teacher] by trade
- is a master of her trade
- learn [a new, your] trade
- is (also) in the trade
- as we say in the trade
- a trade [union, block, organization]
- a trade [show, fair, exhibition]
- trade [laws, regulations, pacts, negotiations, routes]
- [tighten, relax, revise] trade regulations
- in [through, via] the trade entrance
- go to a trade [school, academy]
- a free trade agreement
- trade with [Canada]
- trade and [invest, sell]
- trade [internationally, domestically, online]
- trade (in) [gold, stocks, commodities]
- trade in [stolen goods, black market weapons]
- the [stocks, shares] are trading on [Nasdaq, the FTSE]
- US: trade your [car, hat, sandwich] (for)
- US: (will) trade for a [car]
- trade [in, up, off] a car
- US: trade cards with each other
- trade [information, secrets] for
- trade up to a better [car, house, boyfriend]
- will not trade (you) back
'trading' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):