tradeable

trade ► NOUN 1) the buying and selling of goods and services. 2) a commercial activity of a particular kind: the tourist trade. 3) a job requiring manual skills and special training. 4) (the trade) (treated as sing. or pl. ) the people engaged in a particular area of business. 5) dated, chiefly derogatory the practice of making one's living in business. 6) a trade wind.

► VERB 1) buy and sell goods and services. 2) buy or sell (a particular item or product). 3) exchange, typically as a commercial transaction. 4) (trade in) exchange (a used article) in part payment for another. 5) (trade on) take advantage of. 6) (trade off) exchange (something of value).

DERIVATIVES tradable (or tradeable) adjective.

ORIGIN Low German, 'track' ; related to TREAD(Cf. ↑tread).