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the tools of the trade

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The tools of the trade are the equipment a particular job requires. Buy the tools of the trade.

In some trades the tools of the trade are the worker's own and follow them between employers. The tools of the trade are protected from seizure for debt in several countries.

Definitions of the tools of the trade

  1. 1phrasethe tools of the tradeThe equipment a particular job requires.C1

    “His whole van was the tools of the trade and nothing else.”

the tools of the trade is a phrase.

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