trade away

verb

To relinquish, to yield.

“The team traded away their best player.”

Meanings

verbtrade away (third-person singular simple present trades away, present participle trading away, simple past and past participle traded away)

present singular third person trades away · participle present trading away · participle past traded away · past traded away

  1. transitiveTo relinquish, to yield.

    The team traded away their best player.

Translations

German verzichten auf, aufgeben
  • verzichten aufto relinquish
  • aufgebento relinquish
  • (jemandem etwas) abtretento relinquish
  • loslassento relinquish
Japanese (̈物)を売り払う, (権利)を手放す
  • (̈物)を売り払うto relinquish
  • (権利)を手放すto relinquish
Polish przehandlowywać, przehandlować
  • przehandlowywaćto relinquish
  • przehandlowaćto relinquish
Spanish renunciar a, abandonar
  • renunciar ato relinquish
  • abandonarto relinquish
  • entregarto relinquish
Cite this entry
APA

trade away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20away

MLA

“trade away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20away. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trade away,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20away.

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