Profession vs. Trade

Professionnoun

A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.

Professionnoun

A declaration of belief, faith or of one's opinion.

Professionnoun

An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.

Professionnoun

The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.

Professionnoun

The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.

Professionnoun

That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere.

Professionnoun

That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry.

Professionnoun

The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.

Professionnoun

The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.

Professionnoun

the body of people in a learned occupation;

Professionnoun

an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

Professionnoun

an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion;

Professionnoun

affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith;

Profession

A profession is an occupation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested objective counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain. Medieval and early modern tradition recognized only three professions: divinity, medicine, and law, which were called the learned professions.

Tradenoun

(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.

Tradenoun

(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.

Tradenoun

(countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.

Tradenoun

(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.

Tradenoun

(countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.

Tradenoun

(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.

Tradenoun

An occupation in the secondary sector; as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.

Tradenoun

The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.

Tradenoun

Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.

Tradenoun

(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.

Tradenoun

A brief sexual encounter.

Tradenoun

Instruments of any occupation.

Tradenoun

(mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.

Tradenoun

(obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.

Tradenoun

(obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To engage in trade

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.

Tradeverb

(transitive) To give (something) in exchange for.

Tradeverb

To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.

Tradeverb

To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).

Tradenoun

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

Tradenoun

Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment.

Tradenoun

Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing.

Tradenoun

Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.

Tradenoun

The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.

Tradenoun

Instruments of any occupation.

Tradenoun

A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.

Tradenoun

The trade winds.

Tradenoun

Refuse or rubbish from a mine.

Tradeverb

To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business.

Tradeverb

To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.

Tradeverb

To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; - usually followed by with.

Tradeverb

To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter.

Trade

imp. of Tread.

Tradenoun

the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services;

Tradenoun

people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;

Tradenoun

an equal exchange;

Tradenoun

the skilled practice of a practical occupation;

Tradenoun

a particular instance of buying or selling;

Tradenoun

the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers;

Tradenoun

steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator;

Tradeverb

engage in the trade of;

Tradeverb

turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase;

Tradeverb

be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions;

Tradeverb

exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Tradeverb

do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;

Tradeadjective

relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce;

Tradenoun

the action of buying and selling goods and services

Tradenoun

the practice of making one's living in business, as opposed to in a profession or from unearned income

Tradenoun

(in sport) a transfer

Tradenoun

a job requiring manual skills and special training

Tradenoun

the people engaged in a particular area of business

Tradenoun

people licensed to sell alcoholic drink.

Tradenoun

a trade wind

Tradeverb

buy and sell goods and services

Tradeverb

buy or sell (a particular item or product)

Tradeverb

(especially of shares or currency) be bought and sold at a specified price

Tradeverb

exchange (something) for something else, typically as a commercial transaction

Tradeverb

give and receive (something, typically insults or blows)

Tradeverb

transfer (a player) to another team

Trade

Trade involves the transfer of goods or services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market.