Function and Trade

Function

Function noun - An assignment at which one regularly works for pay.
Usage example: what's your function in this company?

Trade and function are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trade" instead a noun "Function".

Trade

Trade noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.
Usage example: writing is my trade

Function and trade are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Function" instead a noun "Trade".

Nearby Words: traded, trading, trader, tradesman

How words are described

old old function old trade
special special function special trade
particular particular function particular trade
similar similar function similar trade
Other adjectives: entire, main, easy, secret, new, major, military.

Common collocations

power function power trade power
role function role trade role
way function way trade way
resource function resource trade resource
Other words: eyes, memories.

Both words in one sentence

  • Improbable Age So the military is organized such that most ship commanders tend to be mid to late twenties to trade off the youthful ability to function versus the experience issues.
  • Video Game / ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal Utility Party Member: For the Elemental Cards to function, you must keep a faery of the corresponding element in your party's first slot, and since you can only swap out faeries in London, you may have to trade off some combat efficiency for the ability to clear environmental obstacles.
  • Video Game / Fallout Ironically enough, many smaller communities across post-war America tend to function as communist collectives, with capitalism and trade only emerging in the more prosperous, productive communities.
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