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[lhhai]

In my Dictionary, trade-in means:
"to give something you own as part of your payment for something you buy, especially a new type of the same item"
ex: He recently traded in his Jeep for a read Mercedses.

And the following is a paragraph from an article:
"International conglomerates might capture the headlines, but family businesses are on the rise in the United States. Thirty percent of the companies listed on the S & P 500 are family owned and run, and that number is growing. In fact, so-called Mom and Pop operations -- large and small -- aren't just on the rise here in the United States, they're growing in Europe and Asia as well. But when you trade in the stresses of the invisible corporate boss for your husband or your mom, you might be getting a bigger headache instead."

As you can see, the above explanation is somewhat not suitable in the paragraph. Could you please give me the meaning of the phrasal verb trade in in the parargraph ?

Thank in advance

[Sirius]

You could substitute the word exchange for "trade in".