Sentence examples for traded meaning from inspiring English sources

But in Tulowitzki's deal, the option year would have disappeared if he were traded, meaning another team could control him only through 2013.

In the last two weeks alone, more than 12,000 iPhones have been traded, meaning that 2 percent of Apple's 600,000 new iPhone purchases involve a trade-in.

Now that Phillips has acknowledged that the Mets are playoff contenders -- they are four and a half games behind the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League wild-card spot -- Guthrie is unlikely to be traded, meaning two more months of tense situations.

In a non-Equitrade system (the model used by Willie, and by the benign Quakers at Cadbury's whom he emulates), only the raw commodity is traded - meaning that just 2 to 5% of the value remains in the country of origin, unlike an Equitrade model that keeps that "added value" in the country.

The Ford family has about 5% of the company's publicly traded shares, meaning they saw the value of their stake shrink by about $92 million and will forgo $19 million a year of payouts.

Like many New York designers, Jacobs pays his models in "trade", meaning just clothes, not cash.

Oswalt has a lucrative contract and veto power over trades, meaning a team might have to guarantee his $16 million option for 2012.

Golden State is not likely to accept a trade, meaning Dampier will probably have to accept a one-year, $4.9 million deal to play for the Knicks.

A Yankees official said the club was not contemplating any trades, meaning all six starters -- plus Hitchcock -- should remain with the team.

Or should the emphasis be on fair trade, meaning that the workers who grow and cut them are safe and well paid?

Outfielder Allen Craig and pitcher Joe Kelly head to Boston in the trade, meaning prospect Oscar Tavares will get plenty of time to prove himself in the St Louis outfield.