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imp. of Tread. Chaucer.

; also, passage; travel; resort. [Obs.] A postern with a blind wicket there was, A common trade to pass through Priam's house. Surrey. Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade. Spenser. Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, Some way of common trade, where subjects' feet May hourly trample on their sovereign's…

The name by which an article is called among traders, etc.; as, tin spirits is a common trade name in the dyeing industry for various solutions of tin salts.

A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.

Professional; practiced. [Obs.] Shak.

Full of trade; busy in traffic; commercial. Spenser.

Having no trade or traffic. Young.

One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.

An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.

A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.

A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.

People employed in trade; tradesmen. [R.] Swift.

One who trades; a shopkeeper.

People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.

A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade.

Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company.

act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery. "A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery." Blackstone.

Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.

A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes.

An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist.