Small talk - 02 March 2016 - Trade

"Trade"

Business English

Trade

Trade (n)    

trade

 [= commerce]

 

trade between

-      There has been a marked increase in trade between East and West.

-      international trade agreements

-      unfair trade practices

 

trade in

-      Trade in ivory has been banned since 1990.

 

the arms/drug/slave etc trade (=the buying and selling of weapons, drugs etc)

 ➔ trade war

 the hotel/tourist etc trade

the business done by companies, hotels etc

-      Working on Saturdays is usual in the retail trade.

t of business

business activity, especially the amount of goods or products that are sold [= business]:

 

-      A lot of pubs nowadays do most of their trade at lunchtimes.

 

passing trade (=customers who go into a shop when they are passing it, not regular customers)

 

-      Souvenir shops rely mainly on passing trade.

➔ do a roaring trade

ange of things

 

when you exchange something you have for something that someone else has:

Let's make a trade

In the trade

a particular kind of business, and the people who are involved in it:

I could get Ron to look at your car for you; he works in the trade.

Small talk 02 March 2016

A: Does your girlfriend ever make you angry?

B: Sometimes.

A: What does she do?

B: Just yesterday, I told her I wouldn't trade her for all the money in the world.

A: That was a nice thing to say.

B: That's what I thought.

A: What did she say?

B: She laughed! She didn't believe me.

A: That wasn't very nice of her.

B: She said that nothing is more important to me than money.

A: What did you say?

B: I told her I wouldn't trade her for any other woman in the world.

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