Meanings
verbtrade down (third-person singular simple present trades down, present participle trading down, simple past and past participle traded down)
present singular third person trades down · participle present trading down · participle past traded down · past traded down
- businessTo lose value on the stock exchange.
- To sell something and replace it with something cheaper.
- hobbiesTo exchange a higher selection in a player draft for a lower one.
Do the New England Patriots ever pass on trading down?
2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trade down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20down.
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