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▸  trade up PHRASAL VERB If someone trades up , they sell something such as their car or their house and buy a more expensive one. □ [V P + to ] Mini-car owners are trading up to 'real' cars. □ [V P ] Homeowners will feel more comfortable and they may feel ready to trade up.

tra de as|so |cia |tion (trade associations ) N‑COUNT A trade association is a body representing organizations within the same trade. It aims to protect their collective interests, especially in negotiations with governments and trade unions. □  …one of the two main trade associations for antiques dealers.

Tra de De|scri p|tions A ct also Trades Descriptions Act N‑SING In Britain, the Trade Descriptions Act or the Trades Descriptions Act is a law designed to prevent companies from presenting their goods or services in a dishonest or misleading way. □  Last year it was convicted and fined under the Trades Descriptions Act for placing For Sale boards on empty homes in the area.

tra de fair (trade fairs ) N‑COUNT A trade fair is an exhibition where manufacturers show their products to other people in industry and try to get business.

tra de gap (trade gaps ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] If a country imports goods worth more than the value of the goods that it exports, this is referred to as a trade gap . [BUSINESS ]

tra de-in (trade-ins ) N‑COUNT [oft N n] A trade-in is an arrangement in which someone buys something such as a new car or washing machine at a reduced price by giving their old one, as well as money, in payment. □  …the trade-in value of the car.

trade|mark /tre I dmɑː ^r k/ (trademarks ) also trade mark

1 N‑COUNT A trademark is a name or symbol that a company uses on its products and that cannot legally be used by another company.

2 N‑COUNT [with poss] If you say that something is the trademark of a particular person or place, you mean that it is characteristic of them or typically associated with them. □  …the spiky punk hairdo that became his trademark.

tra de name (trade names ) N‑COUNT A trade name is the name which manufacturers give to a product or to a range of products. □  It's marketed under the trade name 'Tattle'.

tra de-off (trade-offs ) also tradeoff N‑COUNT A trade-off is a situation where you make a compromise between two things, or where you exchange all or part of one thing for another. [JOURNALISM ] □ [+ between ] …the trade-off between inflation and unemployment.

trad|er ◆◇◇ /tre I də ^r / (traders ) N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A trader is a person whose job is to trade in goods or stocks. □  Market traders display an exotic selection of the island's produce.

tra de route (trade routes ) N‑COUNT A trade route is a route, often covering long distances, that is used by traders.

tra de se |cret (trade secrets )

1 N‑COUNT A trade secret is information that is known, used, and kept secret by a particular firm, for example about a method of production or a chemical process. □  The nature of the polymer is currently a trade secret.

2 N‑COUNT A trade secret is a piece of knowledge that you have, especially about how to do something, that you are not willing to tell other people. □  I'd rather not talk about it too much because I don't like giving trade secrets away.

trades|man /tre I dzmən/ (tradesmen ) N‑COUNT A tradesman is a person, usually a man, who sells goods or services, especially one who owns and runs a shop.

tra des u n|ion (trades unions ) → see trade union

Tra des Un|ion Co n|gress N‑PROPER The Trades Union Congress in Britain is the same as the TUC .