Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dialectal (Scotch) or obsolete form of road.
  • noun A dialectal (Old English and Scotch) preterit of ride.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Scot. A raid.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Obsolete spelling of road.
  • noun Scotland A raid.

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Examples

  • "(T) rade always creates both winners and losers."

    Economic Advisers Stoop to the Net, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Some voters may turn on Mr. Boucher because of his cap-and-t rade vote.

    In Virginia House Race, Cap and Trade Matters Tennille Tracy 2010

  • A three-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler as well as Big Ten champion, Volkmann also boasts dual Bachelor of Science degrees from a University of Minnesota to go along with his doctor of chiropractic g! rade fro m Northwestern Health Sciences University.

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  • Politically, the country is under international pressure to rein in its huge t rade surplus.

    Do You Need a Chinese Bank Account? Brett Arends 2011

  • We know that the need of the anhungered for the one friend, one com rade, one mate, is good.

    The Kempton-Wace Letters 2010

  • A three-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler as well as Big Ten champion, Volkmann also boasts dual Bachelor of Science degrees from a University of Minnesota to go along with his doctor of chiropractic g! rade fro m Northwestern Health Sciences University.

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  • The t rade-off is playing the recruiting game by some of the toughest rules in the country.

    Finding His Way in an Ivy World Joshua Robinson 2010

  • At present there would be dry land on either side, beyond which lay the two natural harbors: the petite rade to the left and the grande rade to the right.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • The Tiger did not come into the strand when she arrived last night, but went straight to the grande rade.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • A ham-and-tomato tart could have been a leaden first course; instead it was superb, thin folds of raw ham and zesty pip rade atop a crust that dissolved like a buttery communion wafer.

    Eating Well in Historic Rouen 2010

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