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Trade Definition–noun | 1. | the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade. |
| 2. | a purchase or sale; business deal or transaction. |
| 3. | an exchange of items, usually without payment of money. |
| 4. | any occupation pursued as a business or livelihood. |
| 5. | some line of skilled manual or mechanical work; craft: the trade of a carpenter; printer's trade. |
| 6. | people engaged in a particular lin
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| 7. | market: an increase in the tourist trade. |
| 8. | a field of business activity: a magazine for the furniture trade. |
| 9. | the customers of a business establishment. |
–verb (used with object) | 12. | to buy and sell; barter; traffic in. |
| 13. | to exchange: to t
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| 15. | to traffic (usually fol. by in): a tyrant who trades in human lives. |
| 17. | to make one's purchases; shop; buy. |
–adjective | 18. | of or pertaining to trade or commerce. |
| 19. | used by, serving, or intended for a particular trade: trade journal. |
| 20. | Also, trades. of, composed of, or serving the members of a trade: a trade club. |
—Verb phrases| 21. | trade down, to exchange a more valuable or desirable item for a less valuable or desirable one. |
| 22. | trade in, to give (a used article) as payment to be credited toward a purchase: We trade in our car every three years. |
| 23. | trade off, to exchange something for or with another. |
| 24. | trade on or upon, to turn to one's advantage, esp. selfishly or unfairly; exploit: to trade on the weaknesses of others. |
| 25. | trade up, to exchange a less valuable or desirable item for a more valuable or desirable one. |
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Show Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display. |
| 2. | to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle: to show a movie. |
| 3. | to indicate; point out: to show the way. |
| 4. | to guide, escort, or usher: He showed me to my room. Show her in. |
| 5. | to explain or make clear; make known: He showed what he meant. |
| 6. |
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to make known to; inform, instruct, or prove to: I'll show you what I mean. |
| 7. | to prove; demonstrate: His experiment showed the falsity of the theory. |
| 8. | to indicate, register, or mark: The thermometer showed 10 below zero. |
| 9. | to exhibit or offer for sale: to show a house. |
| 10. | to allege, as in a legal document; plead, as a reason or cause. |
| 11. | to produce, as facts in an affidavit or at a hearing. |
| 12. | to express or make evident by appearance, behavior, speech, etc.: to show one's feelings. |
| 13. | to accord or grant (favor, kindness, etc.): He showed mercy in his decision. |
–verb (used without object) | 14. | to be seen; be or become visible: Does my slip show? |
| 15. | to be seen in a certain way: to show to advantage. |
| 16. | to put on an exhibition or performance; display one's goods or products: Several dress designers are showing in New York now. |
| 17. | Informal. to be present or keep an appointment; show up: He said he would be there, but he didn't show. |
| 18. | to finish third in a horse race, harness race, etc. |
–noun | 19. | a theatrical production, performance, or company. |
| 20. | a radio or television program. |
| 22. | an exposition for dealers or the public of products by various manufacturers in a particular industry, usually held in an exhibition hall, convention facility, or the like: the annual boat show. |
| 23. | any kind of public exhibition or exposition: a show of Renoirs. |
| 24. | ostentatious display: nothing but mere show. |
| 25. | a display, exhibition, or demonstration: a true show of freedom. |
| 26. | an indication; trace: He frowned on the slightest show of emotion. | <
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| 27. | the position of the competitor who comes in third in a horse race, harness race, etc. Compare place (def. 27b), win1 (def. 16). |
| 28. | appearance; impression: to make a sorry show. |
| 30. | an unreal or deceptive appearance: The actress's tears had the show of grief. |
| 31. | an act or instance of showing. | |
| 32. | a motion-picture theater. |
| 33. | Informal. a chance: to get a fair show. |
| 34. | Medicine/Medical. | a. | the first appearance of blood at the onset of menstruation. |
| b. | a blood-tinged mucous di
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| 35. | Chiefly British Informal. any undertaking, group of persons, event, etc.; affair; thing. |
—Verb phrases| 36. | show off, | a. | to display ostentatiously: The parade was designed to show off all the latest weapons of war. |
| b. | to seek to gain attention by displaying prominently one's abilities or accomplishments. |
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| 37. | show up, | a. | to make known, as faults; expose; reveal. |
| b. | to exhibit in a certain way; appear: White shows up well against a blue background. |
| c. | to come to or arrive at a place: We waited for two hours, but he didn't show up. |
| d. | to make (another) seem inferior; outdo. |
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—Idioms| 38. | make a show of, to be ostentatious about; affect: Whenever there are visitors, the bosses make a show of being nice to their employees. |
| 39. | run the show, to control a business, situation, etc.; be in charge: My father runs the show in our house. |
| 40. | steal the show, | a. | to usurp the credit or get the applause for something: That woman can act, but the child stole the show. He did all the work, but his partner stole the show. |
| b. | to be the most pleasing or spectacular item or person in a group. |
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| 41. | stop the show, to win such enthusiastic applause that a theatrical performance is temporarily interrupted. |
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Marketing Definition–noun | 1. | the act of buying or selling in a market. |
| 2. | the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling. |
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