Definition

1. Noun:

   • Trade; Commerce: The activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods and services, especially on a large scale between countries, regions, or businesses.

2. 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).

noun

1. trade; commerce