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cross-trade

cross-trade adjective: between foreign ports.

Adjective

cross-trade (not comparable)

  1. Between foreign ports.

Verb

cross-trade (third-person singular simple present cross-trades, present participle cross-trading, simple past and past participle cross-traded)

  1. To trade between foreign ports.

Noun

cross-trade (countable and uncountable, plural cross-trades)

  1. Trade between foreign ports.

Forms of cross-trade

Verb
third-person singular presentcross-trades
present participlecross-trading
past participlecross-traded
pastcross-traded
Noun
pluralcross-trades

Origin of cross-trade

From cross- + trade.

Questions about cross-trade

What does cross-trade mean?
Cross-trade means between foreign ports.
What part of speech is cross-trade?
Cross-trade can be an adjective, a verb or a noun.

Words near cross-trade in the dictionary

  1. cross-threadings
  2. cross-threads
  3. cross-tie
  4. cross-ties
  5. cross-tining
  6. cross-trade
  7. cross-traded
  8. cross-trades
  9. cross-trading
  10. cross-trail
  11. cross-trailed

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