trade
Definitions
to barter(Verb) giving one thing and receiving another
(Verb) to give one thing and get something else
(Noun) the act of giving one thing and getting something else
(Abbreviation) Trust Respect And Delivering Excellence
(Verb) to swap one object or set of objects for another
1. Or: the trade , the sex business, prostitution and pornography. See prostitution for synonyms.
QUOTE: Odette (Judith Vosselli) and Lulu (Marjorie Rambeau) in Inspiration (1931):
-- Odette: ' There are tricks in every trade.'
-- Lulu: ' You ought to know, dearest, you're trade is the oldest.'
2. A prostitute's customer(s).
SYNONYMS: baby; beef burger; client; cull; date; fare; john; meal ticket; meatball; money trick; patron; piper; punter; sucker; TOS; trick.
SEE ALSO: 33; 78; champagne trick; curb crawler; freak trick; frequent flyer.
3. In gay slang, any sexual partner or potential partner.
4. A straight or gay male prostitute.
5. In the gay pornographic industry, a man who refuses to be portrayed other than as the active participant in anal sex or the receptive partner in oral sex.
6. In Polari slang, casual sex.
7. A male heterosexual who seeks sexual gratification from homosexuals without reciprocating.
8. In BDSM, an exchange of slaves between slavemasters.
9. A person considered only as a sex partner.