mậu dịch
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Definition
Noun:
- Trade; Commerce: The activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods and services, especially on a large scale between countries, regions, or businesses.
Noun (specific context):
- State-run store / state commercial entity: In historical or specific contexts, particularly in socialist economies, it refers to a government-managed retail outlet or the state-controlled commercial sector.
Usage Examples
Noun (Trade/Commerce):
- Hai nước đã ký hiệp định mậu dịch tự do. (The two countries signed a free trade agreement.)
- Mậu dịch quốc tế rất quan trọng cho nền kinh tế. (International trade is very important for the economy.)
Noun (State-run entity):
- Ngày xưa, mọi người thường mua thực phẩm tại cửa hàng mậu dịch. (In the past, people often bought food at the state-run store.)
- Ông ấy làm việc cho một công ty mậu dịch nhà nước. (He works for a state trading company.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "mậu dịch viên" historically referred to a clerk or salesperson working in a state-run store.
- Mậu dịch viên cân đường cho khách hàng. (The state store clerk weighed sugar for the customer.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thương mại (n): Commerce, trade. This is a more common and modern general term for commercial activities.
- luật thương mại (commercial law)
- Buôn bán (v/n): To trade, to do business; trading. This is a common verb and noun for the act of buying and selling.
- Công ty buôn bán nông sản. (The company trades in agricultural products.)
- Mậu dịch quốc doanh (n): State-run commerce; the state commercial sector.
Synonyms
- Trade: The action of buying and selling goods and services.
- Commerce: The activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale.
- Commercial exchange.
Related Terms and Phrases
- Cân đối mậu dịch: Trade balance.
- Cán cân mậu dịch thặng dư. (The trade balance is in surplus.)
- Hội chợ mậu dịch: Trade fair.
- Bộ mậu dịch: Ministry of Trade (historical name for what is now often the Ministry of Industry and Trade).