trade

English translation: put your goods up for sale

18:15 Aug 16, 2016
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: trade
Does You can trade your goods at xxx shop mean You can sell your goods at xxz shop?

The shop is a secondhand shop.

Thank you for your help.
Mitsuko Yoshida
Local time: 16:19
Selected answer:put your goods up for sale
Explanation:
that's the meaning in this context

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-08-16 19:43:17 GMT)
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or exchange

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-08-16 19:45:49 GMT)
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the idea is that you can take your goods to the shop and exchange them for something in the shop or just put them up for sale but in this case you would probably exchange them for something in the shop

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the general meaning of "trade" is "buy/sell" but in this context there are a couple of options

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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-08-16 22:07:44 GMT)
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"trade" is ok as it means buying and/or selling
Selected response from:

David Hollywood
Local time: 04:19
Grading comment
Thank you very much!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +7put your goods up for sale
David Hollywood
5 +1You can sell your goods to the xxx shop
Daryo
5Transfer of ownership of goods or services for money..
Irfan Ullah (M.A English)
4Exchange goods or services for cash or cash equivalent
Sayed Fathy


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Transfer of ownership of goods or services for money..


Explanation:
Trade, or commerce, involves the transfer of the ownership of goods or services, from one person or entity to another, in exchange for money, goods or services.


    https://www.google.com.pk/?ion=1&espv=2#q=trade
Irfan Ullah (M.A English)
Pakistan
Local time: 12:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in Pashto (Pushto)Pashto (Pushto), Native in UrduUrdu

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
11 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot!

disagree  Daryo: technically correct, but unnecessarily complicated - no one would use it in this kind of text!
2 days 8 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Exchange goods or services for cash or cash equivalent


Explanation:
To trade goods is to exchange the same against cash/cash equivalents achieveing marginal profits

Sayed Fathy
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 11:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
11 hrs

disagree  Daryo: technically correct, but unnecessarily complicated - no one would use it in this kind of text!
2 days 8 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
put your goods up for sale


Explanation:
that's the meaning in this context

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-08-16 19:43:17 GMT)
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or exchange

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-08-16 19:45:49 GMT)
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the idea is that you can take your goods to the shop and exchange them for something in the shop or just put them up for sale but in this case you would probably exchange them for something in the shop

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-08-16 19:47:50 GMT)
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the general meaning of "trade" is "buy/sell" but in this context there are a couple of options

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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-08-16 22:07:44 GMT)
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"trade" is ok as it means buying and/or selling

David Hollywood
Local time: 04:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thank you very much!!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your answer! In this case, the shop purchases the goods and put it up for sale. Can "trade" be used?

Asker: Thank you!!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronika McLaren: often referred to as consignment
2 hrs

agree  Tushar Deep
5 hrs

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
9 hrs

agree  Peter Simon
11 hrs

agree  Tina Vonhof (X): As described in the context, it doesn't look like consignment so 'trade' would be ok.
1 day 19 hrs

neutral  Daryo: wouldn't that mean just "offering for sale" and not purely and simply effectively selling it to a buyer?
2 days 7 hrs

agree  Phong Le
2 days 19 hrs

agree  Harry Crawford
4 days
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2 days 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
You can trade your goods at xxx shop
You can sell your goods to the xxx shop


Explanation:
with the additional explanation, it's simply that!

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The fact that the shop will resell them doesn't change anything to your transaction with the shop - they are simply your buyer.

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:19
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Port City
43 mins
  -> Thanks!
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