trade book

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noun

a book designed for the general public and available through an ordinary book dealer, as distinguished from a limited-edition book, textbook, mass market paperback, etc.

Origin of trade book

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby trade book

trade association, trade balance, trade barrier, trade barriers, trade bill, trade book, trade council, trade cycle, trade deficit, trade discount, trade dollar

Example sentences from the Web for trade book

  • You will have to settle with them by their own accounts, as my trade-book was lost, as you know.

    A Modern Buccaneer |Rolf Boldrewood

British Dictionary definitions for trade book

trade book

trade edition

noun

an ordinary edition of a book sold in the normal way in shops, as opposed to a de luxe or mail-order edition