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paper trades

paper trades is the plural of paper trade.

paper trades is the third-person singular simple present indicative of paper trade.

Meaning of paper trade

Noun (1)

the paper trade

  1. The business of buying and selling paper.
  2. (UK, obsolete, slang) The sale of printed song lyrics by street peddlers.

Noun (2)

paper trade (plural paper trades)

  1. A single transaction within paper trading, i.e. an order in a hypothetical portfolio for learning the stock market.

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Questions about paper trades

What is paper trades the plural of?
Paper trades is the plural of paper trade.

Words near paper trades in the dictionary

  1. paper townships
  2. paper trade
  3. paper traded
  4. paper trader
  5. paper traders
  6. paper trades
  7. paper trading
  8. paper trail
  9. paper trails
  10. paper tripping
  11. paper wall

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