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barter

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bar·ter  (bärtr)
v. bar·tered, bar·ter·ing, bar·ters
v.intr.
To trade goods or services without the exchange of money.
v.tr.
To trade (goods or services) without the exchange of money.
n.
1. The act or practice of bartering.
2. Something bartered.
adj.
Of, relating to, or being something based on bartering: a barter economy.

[Middle English barteren, probably from Old French barater; see barrator.]

barter·er n.

barter
Verb
to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services, rather than for money
Noun
trade by the exchange of goods [Old French barater to cheat]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.barterbarter - an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
interchange, exchange - reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"
horse trade, horse trading - the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining)
Verb1.barter - exchange goods without involving money
exchange, interchange, change - give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

barter
verb trade, sell, exchange, switch, traffic, bargain, swap, haggle, drive a hard bargain
Translations
Spanish barter [ˈbɑːtəʳ] vt to barter sth for sth → trocar algo por algo
French barter [ˈbɑːtəʳ] néchange m, troc m
vt to barter sth for → échanger qch contre

German barter [ˈbɑːtəʳ] nTauschhandel m
vt to barter sth for sth → etw gegen etw tauschen

Italian barter [ˈbɑːtəʳ] nbaratto
vt to barter sth for → barattare qc con

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He would have heard of channels and sandbanks, of natural features of the land useful for sea-marks, of villages and tribes and modes of barter and precautions to take: with the instructive tales about native chiefs dyed more or less blue, whose character for greediness, ferocity, or amiability must have been expounded to him with that capacity for vivid language which seems joined naturally to the shadiness of moral character and recklessness of disposition.
These coins being scarce, the people were often forced to barter their commodities instead of selling them.
many a prince has been known To barter his robes for our cowl and our gown, But which of us e'er felt the idle desire To exchange for a crown the grey hood of a Friar!
 
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