antitrade

[ an-ti-treyd ]

noun

1. antitrades, westerly winds lying above the trade winds in the tropics.

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to such a wind.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antitrade¹

First recorded in 1850–55; anti- + trade

Example Sentences

After the November election, Republican officeholders will face a decision: Stand up to Mr. Trump or concede and allow themselves to be branded the antitrade party.

From Wall Street Journal

If Mr. Trump chooses Christopher Liddell for the job, he’ll be elevating a former corporate executive without strong free-market views who is unlikely to counter the growing clout of the antitrade corporatists in the Administration.

From Wall Street Journal

Still, the antitrade talk currently streaming out of the White House is unsettling.

From New York Times

To wit, the President-elect has assembled the most antitrade team of presidential policy advisers since the 1920s.

From Wall Street Journal

But he said that “the Republicans may get sidetracked by antitrade rhetoric.”

From New York Times