Trade v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traded; p. pr. & vb. n. Trading.]
 1. 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.
    A free port, where nations . . . resorted with their goods and traded.   --Arbuthnot.
 2. To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.
 3. To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; -- usually followed by with.
    How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth?   --Shak.


 Trad·ed, a. Professional; practiced. [Obs.]

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 traded
      adj : (of securities) bought and sold on a stock exchange