TRADE in a Sentence

Learn TRADE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

322 example sentences for TRADE, such as:

1. He is a butcher by trade.
2. They trade in furs and skins.
3. Well, I have a trade of my own.
4. I found the company's name in a trade directory.
5. The restaurant has suffered a big drop in trade.

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 Meanings and Examples of TRADE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
trade
 v.  buy and sell goods and services
Classic Sentence: (145 in 10 pages)
1  Let him, on meeting a fellow-mortal, learn at a glance to distinguish the history of the man, and the trade or profession to which he belongs.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  Well, I have a trade of my own.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3  The tradesman was put to his trade and the artisan to his calling.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
4  No animal must ever live in a house, or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
5  From now onwards Animal Farm would engage in trade with the neighbouring farms: not, of course, for any commercial purpose, but simply in order to obtain certain materials which were urgently necessary.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
6  He assured them that the resolution against engaging in trade and using money had never been passed, or even suggested.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
7  The street was small and what is called quiet, but it drove a thriving trade on the week-days.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
8  He had virtually retired from the wholesale hardware trade before he built Stone Lodge, and was now looking about for a suitable opportunity of making an arithmetical figure in Parliament.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
9  In other words, five pounds and Oliver Twist were offered to any man or woman who wanted an apprentice to any trade, business, or calling.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
10  'It's a nasty trade,' said Mr. Limbkins, when Gamfield had again stated his wish.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
11  'If we was to bind him to any other trade to-morrow, he'd run away simultaneous, your worship,' replied Bumble.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
12  Well, well,' said Mr. Bumble, 'every trade has its drawbacks.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
13  I have been in the same trade, and in the same service, for twelve years since.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
14  These were, the great advantages of the trade, the proficiency of the Dodger, the amiability of Charley Bates, and the liberality of the Jew himself.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
15  It's a poor trade, Nancy, and no thanks; but I'm fond of seeing the young people about me; and I bear it all, I bear it all.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
Example Sentence: (177 in 12 pages)
16  His contention was that world trade barriers should be canceled.
17  The restaurant has suffered a big drop in trade.
18  The levels of trade union and political activism in this country have greatly declined in the past fifteen years.
19  It's marketed under the trade name "Tattle".
20  They trade in furs and skins.
21  I found the company's name in a trade directory.
22  She was an active trade unionist and had been elected a shop steward.
23  He is a butcher by trade.
24  High tariffs often cause a diversion of trade from one country to another.
25  There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade.
26  This is a nationwide campaign to recruit women into trade unions.
27  The period saw a great revival in the wine trade.
28  The war interrupted the trade between the two countries.
29  The exact ingredients of Coca Cola are a trade secret.
30  There has been a marked increase in trade between East and West.