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trade

n. the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services; "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"; "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"

union

n. a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)

union

n. the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"

union

n. a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union"

union

n. the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"

trade, craft

n. the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"

trade, patronage

n. the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"

trade, deal

n. a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal"

trade, craft

n. people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"

trade, trade wind

n. steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator; "they rode the trade winds going west"

union, conglutination

n. healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

union, unification, uniting

n. the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"

union, sum, join

n. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"

union, matrimony, marriage, wedlock

n. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"

union, brotherhood, labor union, trades union

n. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

exchange, trade, barter, swap, swop, quid pro quo

n. an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter"

union, coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, sexual union

n. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"

Union

n. city in New Jersey

trade

v. be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions; "The stock traded around $20 a share"

trade, trade in

v. turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase; "trade in an old car for a new one"

switch, trade, swap, swop

v. exchange or give (something) in exchange for

trade, merchandise, deal in

v. engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets"

trade

adj. relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce: "a trade fair"; "trade journals"; "trade goods"

union

adj. of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"

Union, Federal

adj. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"

industry, manufacture, manufacturing

n. the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"

field, field of operation, line of business

n. a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"

sale, sales event, cut-rate sale

n. an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale"

mix, mixture

n. an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures"

consolidation

n. combining into a solid mass

alignment, alliance, coalition, alinement

n. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

association, affiliation, tie, tie-up

n. a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"

confederation, alliance

n. the state of being allied or confederated

discipline

n. training to improve strength or self-control

commerce, commercialism, mercantilism

n. transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

uniting, amalgamation, merger

n. the combination of two or more commercial companies

merging, confluence, conflux

n. a flowing together

incorporation

n. consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body

wedding, nuptials, wedding ceremony

n. the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

association, affiliation, tie, tie-up

n. a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"

confederation, alliance

n. the state of being allied or confederated

membership

n. the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

axis, bloc

n. a group of countries in special alliance

order, club, lodge, society, community, fellowship, guild, gild

n. a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

fraternity, frat

n. a social club for male undergraduates

business, commercial enterprise

n. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"

sponsor, patronize, assume sponsorship of

v. assume sponsorship of

deal, portion, lot, dispense, distribute, dish out, allot, dole out, mete out, parcel out, share out, deal out, shell out

v. administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"

deal, transact

v. conduct business; "transact with foreign governments"

commercialized

adj. organized principally for financial gain; "Christmas has become a commercialized spectacle"

business, mercantile

adj. relating to or characteristic of trade or traders; "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks

moneymaking, mercenary, mercantile, profit-oriented

adj. profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"

technical

adj. (of production of chemicals) made for commercial purposes especially on a large scale; "technical (or commercial) sulfuric acid"

technical

adj. resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations; "analysts content that the stock market is due for a technical rally"; "the fall is only a technical correction"

Yankee

adj. used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

break, interruption, abrupt change, interrupt

n. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"

separation

n. the state of lacking unity

nonunion

adj. not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union; "nonunion carpenters"; "a nonunion contractor"

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