I think you have to go back and see if there was barbed wire around the bat, showrunner Scott M. Gimple coyly told The Hollywood Reporter at Comic-Con when asked if Negan was on tap for season five.
What is a trade discount? A trade discount is a reduction to the published price of a product. For example, a high-volume wholesaler might be entitled to a 40% trade discount, while a medium-volume wholesaler is given a 30% trade discount. A retail customer will receive no trade discount and will have to pay the published or list price. The use of trade discounts allows for having just one published price for each product. The sale and purchase will be recorded at the amount after the trade discount is subtracted.
balance of trade - the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise; a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports. trade balance, trade gap, visible balance.