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trade down

trade down verb: to lose value on the stock exchange.

Verb

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

  1. To lose value on the stock exchange.
  2. To sell something and replace it with something cheaper.
  3. To exchange a higher selection in a player draft for a lower one.
    • Do the New England Patriots ever pass on trading down?2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

Antonyms of trade down

Forms of trade down

third-person singular presenttrades down
present participletrading down
past participletraded down
pasttraded down

Questions about trade down

What does trade down mean?
Trade down means to lose value on the stock exchange.
What part of speech is trade down?
Trade down is a verb.
What is the past tense of trade down?
The past tense of trade down is traded down.

Words near trade down in the dictionary

  1. trade disputes
  2. trade diversion
  3. trade diversions
  4. trade dollar
  5. trade dollars
  6. trade down
  7. trade dress
  8. trade dresses
  9. trade edition
  10. trade fair
  11. trade fairs

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