trade down

verb

traded down; trading down; trades down

: to trade something in (such as an automobile) for something less expensive or valuable of its kind

: to stock or purchase lower-priced items : economize

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Shares of the firm hovered around the flatline in the morning and was last trading down 0.9%. —

Abby Ryanto, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025 Yet company shares are currently trading down 29.2 percent against the float price. —

Jennifer Weil, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025 Per Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White, Abercrombie & Fitch stock has traded down to this trendline two times in the last three years. —

Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 While none of the teams picking in the top three selections wanted to trade down, the Raiders could’ve moved up to take J.J. McCarthy, Michael Penix Jr. or Bo Nix. —

Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for trade down