Language: en
Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Toacceptrepaymentof adebtin thegoodsorservicesin which thedebtordeals, rather than inmoney.1986, Deborah Fink,Open Country, Iowa: Rural Women, Tradition, and Change, page59:Furthermore, rural grocers gave a slightly higher price for eggs if the money wastaken out in trade.2002, Carolyn Eastwood,Near West Side Stories, page129:I loved that because there were times when he'd send clothes over to my father's tailor shop to be done up, and he would pick up his things and not pay for them and he'd say,take it out in tradeand we'd get our bread.
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