trade

I did no trades with them once the rumors started.

EXCHANGE — A trade or swap of no material profit to either side.

The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.

It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade.

In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade

After failing his entrance exams, he decided to go into a trade.

Even before noon there was considerable trade.

They rode the trades going west.

Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.

In a homosexual of this kind—corresponding to the test of eccentric behavior in the drawing-room—one usually finds a preference for "trade," i.e., sexually normal males, because, if another homosexual yields to him, he is only one of a class, but if he can believe that an exception is being made in his case, it seems a proof that he is being accepted for himself alone.

His House and household Gods! his trade of War, / His Bow and Quiver; and his trusty Cur.

A postern with a blind wicket there was, / A common trade to pass through Priam's house

The Jewes, emong whom alone and no moe, God hitherto semed for to reigne, by reason of their knowledge of the law, and of the autoritee of being in the right trade of religion.