trade down
verb
traded down; trading down; trades down
1
: to trade something in (such as an automobile) for something less expensive or valuable of its kind
2
: to stock or purchase lower-priced items : economize
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Shares of the dominant maker of AI semiconductors were last trading down 3.3%.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Major stock indices plunged in early Monday trading, but by midday had somewhat recovered: The Dow was trading down about 150 points or 0.3%.
—Maria Aspan, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
Per Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White, Oracle stock has traded down this trendline three times in the last three years.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Shares of the firm hovered around the flatline in the morning and was last trading down 0.9%.
—Abby Ryanto, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Major stock indices plunged in early Monday trading, but by midday had somewhat recovered: The Dow was trading down about 150 points or 0.3%.
—Maria Aspan, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
Per Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White, Oracle stock has traded down this trendline three times in the last three years.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Shares of the firm hovered around the flatline in the morning and was last trading down 0.9%.
—Abby Ryanto, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Trade down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20down. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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