Definition of Trade route

1. Noun. A lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels.

Exact synonyms: Sea Lane, Seaway, Ship Route
Generic synonyms: Lane
Specialized synonyms: Saint Lawrence Seaway, St. Lawrence Seaway

2. Noun. A route followed by traders (usually in caravans).
Generic synonyms: Itinerary, Path, Route
Specialized synonyms: Silk Road

Definition of Trade route

1. Noun. A route used by traders for commercial transport of goods. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trade Route

trade gap
trade goods
trade in
trade magazine
trade mark
trade marks
trade name
trade name product
trade names
trade newspaper
trade newspapers
trade paperback
trade policy
trade protection
trade rat
trade route (current term)
trade school
trade secret
trade secrets
trade show
trade shows
trade stoppage
trade surplus
trade surpluses
trade union
trade union movement
trade unionism
trade unionist
trade unionists
trade unions

Literary usage of Trade route

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1890)
"The Great Central Asian trade route from Peking to ... The actual lengths of the journey were, by the great trade route (68 days, 7 halts), 61 travelling ..."

2. Supplementary Papers by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"BEGINNING OF THE TRADE-ROUTE. 3 i purely Arabic in style and language, ... The earliest direct proof of the existence of this trade-route is the quotation ..."

3. The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia: Being an Essay of the Local History of by William Mitchell Ramsay (1897)
"THE TRADE-ROUTE TO THE EAST. My intention was to describe the great Highway in this chapter. But the evidence is still very inadequate, and few points are ..."

4. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1904)
"In the first 31 pages of The Wabash trade route* is contained a succinct ... It dis- * The Wabash trade route in the Development of Hie Old Norih^vest. ..."

5. The Early Development of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Project by George Washington Ward (1899)
"CHAPTER I. EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE trade route BY WAY OF THE POTOMAC. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal project had its origin in the abiding conviction that ..."

6. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1871)
"... trade route, Ч а 10 Ь Records of the Destroyed, 24 о 6 с eue for Pence, ... trade route ..."

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