Meaning of Trades | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Ellipsis of building and manufacturing trades (“the vocations of skilled blue-collar workers; the workforce in these vocations”).
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2. Ellipsis of trade publications (“publications within an industry or group of related industries, reporting industry-related news and editorials (and usually also advertising) to people in those vocations (workers and managers)”).
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3. Ellipsis of trade winds (“steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator”).
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Equivalents

Examples

“Holonym: technology”

“Meronyms: (people) tradespersons, tradesmen, trade⟳ unions; (component vocations) see⟳ list of trades”

“Near-synonym: industrial arts”

“He decided to go into the trades because in the 21st century it seemed like⟳ a safer career move⟳, in terms of wage rates, than becoming just another mediocre college graduate among a sea thereof.”

“Meronyms: trade⟳ papers, trade⟳ journals, trade⟳ magazines”

“Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.”

“They rode the trades going west.”

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