paper trade

== English == === Noun === the paper trade The business of buying and selling paper. (UK, slang, obsolete) The sale of printed song lyrics by street peddlers. === Noun === paper trade (plural paper trades) (stock market, finance) A single transaction within paper trading, i.e. an order in a hypothetical portfolio for learning the stock market. ==== Related terms ==== === Verb === paper trade (third-person singular simple present paper trades, present participle paper trading, simple past and past participle paper traded) (stock market, intransitive) To engage in or order in the context of paper trading. ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === trade paper, tarpapered