trade down

English

Verb

trade down (third-person singular simple present trades down, present participle trading down, simple past and past participle traded down)

1. (finance) To lose value on the stock exchange.
2. To sell something and replace it with something cheaper.
3. (sports) To exchange a higher selection in a player draft for a lower one.
   • 2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time‎^[1]:

     Do the New England Patriots ever pass on trading down?

Antonyms

• trade up

Related terms

• trade away
• trade in
• trade off

Anagrams

• tread down, downrated, downtread