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trade-lasts

trade-lasts is the plural of trade-last.

Meaning of trade-last

Noun

trade-last (plural trade-lasts)

  1. (US) A compliment heard about another person, offered to be repeated to that person in exchange for another repeated compliment about the speaker.
    • American adolescents regularly deal in "trade-lasts," compliments in exchange for another. They will tell you something flattering about yourself after you tell them a flattering remark you have heard about them.1979, Robert Kirk Mueller, Board Compass, page 102
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Questions about trade-lasts

What is trade-lasts the plural of?
Trade-lasts is the plural of trade-last.

Words near trade-lasts in the dictionary

  1. trade work
  2. trade worker
  3. trade-in
  4. trade-ins
  5. trade-last
  6. trade-lasts
  7. trade-mark
  8. trade-marked
  9. trade-marking
  10. trade-marks
  11. trade-off

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