trades
nounUS, UK /tɹeɪdz/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English trades From trade + -s.
Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of building and manufacturing trades (“the vocations of skilled blue-collar workers; the workforce in these vocations”).
- Holonym: technology
- Meronyms: (people) tradespersons, tradesmen, trade unions; (component vocations) see list of trades
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- Near-synonym: industrial arts
- 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.
Abbreviation, Ellipsis 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.
Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of trade winds (“steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator”).
- They rode the trades going west.
- Derived terms
- jack of all trades