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trade blottered adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise record of every transaction, including disputed ones. trade booked adj. Loosened by drink into reading for everyone, regardless of whether anyone asked. Dajonna was trade booked and addressed the room as a general readership. trade carded adj. Emboldened by drink to introduce oneself in print, preferably before speaking. trade countered adj. Slowed by drink to serving only members of a particular occupation, including no one present. trade dated adj. Drunk and assigning every decision a precise date, usually one that has passed. trade dealed adj. Drunk to the point where every disagreement becomes an international settlement. trade deficited adj. Drunk enough to maintain a negative balance in every exchange. trade disputed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a workplace grievance from a personal one. Ketzia was trade disputed and challenged the landlord over conditions of employment. trade diversioned adj. Of a drinker: changing direction at every agreement, without increasing mutual progress. trade dollared adj. Of a drinker who has converted every step into small, historical payments to gravity. Lousie went trade dollared on the staircase, surrendering one careful footfall at a time. trade dressed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a recognisable wobble and is protecting it as a personal brand. trade faired adj. A drinker who exhibits balance and coordination as competing products before an unconvinced audience. Keeyon went trade faired on the stairs, demonstrating several approaches to the same landing. trade journalled adj. A drinker so far gone that each movement requires a written account, though none can be read. trade languaged adj. The state of being drunk and communicating in the shared tongue of gestures, pauses, and unfinished syllables. Nyomii was trade languaged, communicating with gestures, pauses and an unfinished request for water. trade lawed adj. The condition of a drinker who applies commercial rules to the lawful ownership of each stair. trade lined adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying a visible account of every round taken and promised.