trade

貿易、商取引

商品やサービスを売ったり買ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： trade in something (Trade in coffee supports many families.); trade between A and B (Trade between the two countries has increased.)

類義語： commerce

よく使う表現： international trade, trade in something, trade between countries

技能職、職業

訓練で身につけた技術を使い、物を作ったり修理したりする仕事。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： a carpenter/plumber/etc. by trade (He is an electrician by trade.)

類義語： craft, occupation

よく使う表現： learn a trade, skilled trade, carpenter by trade

交換

それぞれが何かを渡し、代わりに別の物を受け取ること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： a trade with someone (I made a trade with my friend.)

類義語： exchange, swap

よく使う表現： make a trade, fair trade, trade with someone

取引

特に株式などの投資商品を一度買ったり売ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： transaction, deal

よく使う表現： stock trade, execute a trade, profitable trade

同業者、職人たち

同じ種類の技術を使う仕事に携わる人々。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： business

よく使う表現： the building trade, the skilled trades, trade representatives

交換する

相手に何かを渡し、代わりに別のものを受け取ること。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： trade something with someone (I traded cards with my cousin.); trade something for something (She traded her bicycle for a guitar.)

類義語： exchange, swap

よく使う表現： trade with someone, trade something for something, trade stories

商売する、取引する

仕事として商品やサービスを売り買いすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： trade in something (The company trades in used cars.); trade with someone/something (We trade with several companies in Italy.)

類義語： deal, do business

よく使う表現： trade in something, trade with someone, trade overseas