trade hands
trade hands verb: to change ownership.
Verb
trade hands (third-person singular simple present trades hands, present participle trading hands, simple past and past participle traded hands)
- To change ownership.
- Also, no money trades hands. This lack of money may make the dating market not seem like a market at all, but eighteen years of economics training has allowed me to see economics everywhere.2014, Paul Oyer, Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Economics I Learned from Online Dating, →ISBN
- The price at which a good or service trades hands reflects the cost to the producer plus whatever profit he can get in a competitive market.2017, William Galston, Philosophical Dimensions of Public Policy, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- change hands
Synonyms of trade hands
Forms of trade hands
| third-person singular present | trades hands |
|---|---|
| present participle | trading hands |
| past participle | traded hands |
| past | traded hands |
Questions about trade hands
- What does trade hands mean?
- Trade hands means to change ownership.
- What part of speech is trade hands?
- Trade hands is a verb.
- What is the past tense of trade hands?
- The past tense of trade hands is traded hands.
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