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Trading 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 line of business: a lecture of interest only to the trade. |
| 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 trade seats. |
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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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Card Definition–noun | 1. | a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card. |
| 2. | one of a set of thin pieces of cardboard with spots, figures, etc., used in playing various games; playing card. |
| 3. | cards, (usually used with a singular verb ) | a. | a game or games played with such a set. |
| b. | the playing of such a game: to win at cards. |
| c. | Casino. the winning of 27 cards or
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| d. | Whist. tricks won in excess of six. |
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| 4. | Also called greeting card. a piece of paper or thin cardboard, usually folded, printed with a
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| 5. | something useful in attaining an objective, as a course of action or position of strength, comparable to a high card held in a game: If negotiation fails, we still have another card to play. |
| 9. | a program of the events at races, boxing matches, etc. |
| 15. | Informal. | a. | a person who is amusing or facetious. |
| b. | any person, esp. one with some indicated characteristic: a queer card. |
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–verb (used with object) | 16. | to provide with a card. | |
| 18. | to write, list, etc., on cards. |
| 19. | Slang. to examine the identity card or papers of: The bartender was carding all youthful customers to be sure they were of legal drinking age. |
—Idioms| 20. | in or on the cards, impending or likely; probable: A reorganization is in the cards. |
| 21. | play one's cards right, to act cleverly, sensibly, or cautiously: If you play your cards right, you may get mentioned in her will. |
| 22. | put one's cards on the table, to be completely straightforward and open; conceal nothing: He always believed in putting his cards on the table. |
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Game Definition–noun | 1. | an amusement or pastime: children's games. |
| 2. | the material or equipment used in playing certain games: a store selling toys and games. |
| 3. | a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators. |
| 4. | a single occasion of such an activity, or a definite portion of one: the final game of the season; a rubber of three games at bridge. |
| 5. | the number of points required to win a game. |
| 6. | the score at a particular stage in a game: With five minutes to play, the game was 7 to 0. |
| 7. | a particular manner or style of playing a game: Her game of chess is improving. |
| 8. | anything resembling a game, as in requiring skill, endurance, or adherence to rules: the game of diplomacy. |
| 9. | a trick or strategy: to see through someone's game. |
| 10. | fun; sport of any kind; joke: That's about enough of your games. |
| 11. | wild animals, including birds and fishes, such as are hunted for food or taken for sport or profit. |
| 12. | the flesh of such wild animals or other game, used as food: a dish of game. |
| 13. | any object of pursuit, attack, abuse, etc.: The new boy at school seemed to be fair game for practical jokers. |
| 14. | Informal. a business or profession: He's in the real-estate game. |
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| 15. | Archaic. fighting spirit; pluck. |
–adjective | 16. | pertaining to or composed of animals hunted or taken as game or to their flesh. |
| 17. | having a fighting spirit; pluc
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| 18. | Informal. having the required spirit or will (often fol. by for or an infinitive): Who's game for a hike through the woods? |
–verb (used without object) | 19. | to play games of chance for stakes; gamble. |
–verb (used with object) | 20. | to squander in gaming (usually fol. by away). |
—Idioms| 21. | die game, | a. | to die after a brave struggle. |
| b. | to remain steadfast or in good spirits at the moment of defeat: He knew that as a candidate he didn't have a chance in the world, but he campaigned anyway and died game. |
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| 22. | make game of, to make fun of; ridicule: to make game of the weak and defenseless. |
| 23. | play games, to act in an evasive, deceitful, manipulative, or trifling manner in dealing with others: Don't play games with me—I want to know if you love me or not! |
| 24. | play the game, Informal. | a. | to act or play in accordance with the rules. |
| b. | to act honorably or justly: We naively assumed that our allies would continue to play the game. |
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