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trade in

trade in verb: to give a piece of merchandise as part of the payment or trade for something new.

Verb

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

  1. To give a piece of merchandise as part of the payment or trade for something new.

Forms of trade in

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

Questions about trade in

What does trade in mean?
Trade in means to give a piece of merchandise as part of the payment or trade for something new.
What part of speech is trade in?
Trade in is a verb.
What is the past tense of trade in?
The past tense of trade in is traded in.

Words near trade in in the dictionary

  1. trade dresses
  2. trade edition
  3. trade fair
  4. trade fairs
  5. trade hands
  6. trade in
  7. trade journal
  8. trade journals
  9. trade language
  10. trade languages
  11. trade law

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