trade

commerce

Activité consistant à acheter et à vendre des biens ou des services.

En anglais simple : The activity of buying and selling goods or services.

• Trade brings money into the country.
• International trade grew last year.
• The agreement encourages trade between neighbouring countries.

Comment l'utiliser : trade in something (Trade in coffee supports many families.); trade between A and B (Trade between the two countries has increased.)

Synonymes : commerce

Expressions courantes : international trade, trade in something, trade between countries

métier

Travail qui demande un savoir-faire pratique appris, comme construire ou réparer des choses.

En anglais simple : A job that involves practical skills learned through training, such as building or repairing things.

• He wants to learn a trade.
• She is a carpenter by trade.
• Plumbing and bricklaying are useful trades.

Comment l'utiliser : a carpenter/plumber/etc. by trade (He is an electrician by trade.)

Synonymes : craft, occupation

Expressions courantes : learn a trade, skilled trade, carpenter by trade

échange, troc

Opération où chaque personne donne quelque chose et reçoit autre chose en retour.

En anglais simple : An exchange in which each person gives something and receives something else.

• That was a fair trade.
• We made a trade: my bicycle for her camera.
• The teams agreed to a trade involving two players.

Comment l'utiliser : a trade with someone (I made a trade with my friend.)

Synonymes : exchange, swap

Expressions courantes : make a trade, fair trade, trade with someone

transaction, opération

Un achat ou une vente, notamment d'actions ou d'autres placements.

En anglais simple : One act of buying or selling, especially shares or other investments.

• The broker completed the trade.
• She made three trades before noon.
• That trade earned the investor a small profit.

Synonymes : transaction, deal

Expressions courantes : stock trade, execute a trade, profitable trade

corps de métier, profession

Ensemble des personnes qui exercent le même métier demandant un savoir-faire pratique.

En anglais simple : The people who do a particular kind of skilled practical work.

• The building trade needs more workers.
• The skilled trades are well represented in the union.
• Representatives of the trade met to discuss training.

Synonymes : business

Expressions courantes : the building trade, the skilled trades, trade representatives

échanger

Donner quelque chose à quelqu'un et recevoir autre chose en retour.

En anglais simple : To give something to someone and receive something else from them.

• We traded cards after school.
• The neighbours traded stories about their childhoods.
• Would you trade seats with me?

Comment l'utiliser : trade something with someone (I traded cards with my cousin.); trade something for something (She traded her bicycle for a guitar.)

Synonymes : exchange, swap

Expressions courantes : trade with someone, trade something for something, trade stories

commercer

Acheter et vendre des produits ou des services dans le cadre d'une activité commerciale.

En anglais simple : To buy and sell goods or services as a business.

• They trade in fresh fruit.
• The company traded with customers across Europe.
• Small shops can now trade online.

Comment l'utiliser : trade in something (The company trades in used cars.); trade with someone/something (We trade with several companies in Italy.)

Synonymes : deal, do business

Expressions courantes : trade in something, trade with someone, trade overseas