trade in

verb

To give a piece of merchandise as part of the payment or trade for something new.

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Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune, and risen to the honour of knighthood by an address to the king during his mayoralty.

Pride and Prejudice, p. 17 · B2

A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house.

Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 5 · B2

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