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trade-in

trade-in noun: property used as part payment for a new purchase.

Noun

trade-in (plural trade-ins)

  1. property used as part payment for a new purchase
  2. a transaction including such payment
    • The Alco design, although the least powerful of the three, claims an economy advantage in its use of a V-12 engine instead of the usual V-16; moreover, Alco offers excellent trade-in terms.1962 October, “The Latest in U.S. Main Line Diesels”, in Modern Railways, page 234, photo caption

Forms of trade-in

pluraltrade-ins

Origin of trade-in

Deverbal from trade in.

Questions about trade-in

What does trade-in mean?
Trade-in means property used as part payment for a new purchase.
What part of speech is trade-in?
Trade-in is a noun.
What is the plural of trade-in?
The plural of trade-in is trade-ins.

Words near trade-in in the dictionary

  1. trade wars
  2. trade wind
  3. trade winds
  4. trade work
  5. trade worker
  6. trade-in
  7. trade-ins
  8. trade-last
  9. trade-lasts
  10. trade-mark
  11. trade-marked

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