trades
/tɹeɪdz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Ellipsis of building and manufacturing trades (“the vocations of skilled blue-collar workers; the workforce in these vocations”).
noun
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)”).
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English trades From trade + -s.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹeɪdz/
- British English: /tɹeɪdz/