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reverses of trade

reverses of trade is the plural of reverse of trade.

Meaning of reverse of trade

Noun

reverse of trade (plural reverses of trade)

  1. A downturn or disruption of economic conditions rendering much trade unprofitable.
    • In the commencement of the winter, by a sudden reverse of trade, more than 20,000 weavers in the liberty were thrown out of employment.1830, Lancet Publications (publisher), The Lancet, page 574

Questions about reverses of trade

What is reverses of trade the plural of?
Reverses of trade is the plural of reverse of trade.

Words near reverses of trade in the dictionary

  1. reversements
  2. reverser
  3. reversers
  4. reverses
  5. reverses course
  6. reverses of trade
  7. reverses out
  8. reverses the charges
  9. reversest
  10. reverseth
  11. reverseways

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