Meaning

• Noun

  1. Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
  2. A particular instance of buying or selling.
  3. An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
  4. Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
  5. Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
  6. The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
  7. An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
  8. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
  9. Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
  10. A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
  11. (slang) A masculine man available for casual sex with men, often for pay. (Compare rough trade.)
  12. (obsolete) Instruments of any occupation.
  13. Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
  14. (obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
  15. (obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.

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