The act of exchanging contracts.
The point or stage at which a conveyancing contract comes into existence between negotiating parties for the carrying out of a disposition of an estate in land; usually requiring the payment of a deposit.
A particular instance of buying or selling.
The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
A masculine man available for casual sex with men, often for pay. (Compare rough trade.)
Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
To recommend and get recommendations.
To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
To engage in trade.
To mutually exchange (something) (with).
To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
To give (something) in exchange (for).
Of a product, produced for sale in the ordinary bulk retail trade and hence of only the most basic quality.