trad

trad
    n 1: traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s
    

Trad \Trad\, obs.
   imp. of {Tread}. --Chaucer.
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TRADE. In its most extensive signification this word includes all sorts of 
dealings by way of Bale or exchange. In a more limited sense it signifies 
the dealings in a particular business, as the India trade; by trade is also 
understood the business of a particular mechanic, hence boys are said to be 
put apprentices to learn a trade, as the trade of a carpenter, shoemaker, 
and the like. Bac. Ab. Master and Servant, D 1. Trade differs from art. 
(q.v.) 
     2. It is the policy of the law to encourage trade, and therefore all 
contracts which restrain the exercise of a man's talents in trade are 
detrimental to the commonwealth, and therefore void; though he may bind 
himself not to exercise a trade in a particular place, for, in this last 
case, as he may pursue it in another place, the commonwealth has the benefit 
of it. 8 Mass. 223; 9 Mass. 522. Vide Ware R. 257, 260 Com. Dig. h.t.; Vin. 
Ab. h.t.