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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

take out in trade en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To accept repayment of a debt in the goods or services in which the debtor deals, rather than in money.
    • I loved that because there were times when he'd send clothes over to my father's tailor shop to be done up, and he would pick up his things and not pay for them and he'd say, take it out in trade and we'd get our bread. 2002, Carolyn Eastwood, Near West Side Stories, page 129:
    • Furthermore, rural grocers gave a slightly higher price for eggs if the money was taken out in trade. 1986, Deborah Fink, Open Country, Iowa: Rural Women, Tradition, and Change, page 59:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
took out in trade Tense=Past lexicographic
taken out in trade Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
taking out in trade Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
takes out in trade Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

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