trade edition
noun
: an edition of a book intended for general distribution compare text edition
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web All told, the book is 504 pages, and the trade edition weighs a hefty 15 lbs. 
Raisa Bruner, Time, 14 Oct. 2019 The second: a trade edition without the slipcase or portfolio. Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 29 June 2018 After the first trade edition, published in 1936, there has been a new edition roughly every decade as the family attempted to account for the changing world of available ingredients, kitchen appliances, food safety, and trends. Genevieve Walker, Bon Appetit, 15 May 2017
Raisa Bruner, Time, 14 Oct. 2019 The second: a trade edition without the slipcase or portfolio. Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 29 June 2018 After the first trade edition, published in 1936, there has been a new edition roughly every decade as the family attempted to account for the changing world of available ingredients, kitchen appliances, food safety, and trends. Genevieve Walker, Bon Appetit, 15 May 2017 Word History
First Known Use
1879, in the meaning defined above
trade editions
noun
as in trade books
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- trade books
- pocket books
- pocket editions
- softbacks
- books
- paperbacks
- cyclopedias
- hardbacks
- paperbounds
- papers
- hardcovers
- tomes
- folios
- cyclopaedias
- manuals
- quartos
- softcovers
- picture books
- handbooks
- catalogs
- volumes
- dictionaries
- texts
- guidebooks
- monographs
- encyclopedias
- textbooks
- primers
- treatises
- how-tos
- catalogues
- novels
- pulps
- albums
- novelettes
- anthologies
- tracts
- almanacs
- chapbooks
- casebooks
- omnibuses