to give something old as part of the payment for something new
She traded in her old Ford for a new Honda.
There was a blank for the customer's name, address, and trade-in, and business cards had been stapled to the top right of the forms.
When they left the snow behind Cazaril reluctantly permitted Ferda to trade in their excellent mules for swifter horses.
trades in
trading in
traded in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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