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Trade1. To exchange one item for another, one person or firm providing an item (good, service, asset, etc.) to another person or firm, with the latter providing a different item to the first in return, as payment. 2. To export and/or import. 3. The quantity or value of exports and/or imports.TradeAn oral (or electronic) transaction involving one party buying a security from another party. Once a trade is consummated, it is considered "done" or final. Settlement occurs 1-5 business days later.Trade Similar MatchesCrossed tradeCrossed tradeThe prohibited practice of offsetting buy and sell orders without recording the trade on the exchange, thus not allowing other traders to take advantage of a more favorable price. Trade deficitTrade deficitImports minus exports of goods and services. See deficit. Round trip tradeRound trip tradeThe purchase and sale of a security within a short period of time. Trade negotiationTrade negotiationA negotiation between pairs of governments, or among groups of governments, exchanging commitments to alter their trade policies, usually involving reductions in tariffs and sometimes nontariff barriers. International Trade OrganizationInternational Trade OrganizationConceived as a complement to the Bretton Woods institutions -- the IMF and World Bank -- the ITO was to provide international discipline in the uses of trade policies. The Havana Charter for the ITO was not approved by the United States Congress, however, and the initiative died, replaced by the continuing and growing importance of the GATT. Further SuggestionsEffect of tradeworked principle trade Risk return tradeoff Court of International Trade Shuttle trade Countertrade Trade balance Free trade area Trade Act of 1974 Frictionless trade Improve the trade balance Adverse terms of trade Trade on top of overnight trade Trade deflection Direction of trade small traders Trade draft Gains from trade theorem trader's remorse Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Consolidated Trade System Results-based trade policy Restricted trade Trademark |
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