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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
barter [ˈbɑːtəʳ] vt to barter sth for sth → trocar algo por algo

barter [ˈbɑːtəʳ] néchange m, troc m
vt to barter sth for → échanger qch contre

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

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

barter
v barter [ˈbaːtə]
to trade by giving (one thing) in exchange (for another) The bandits bartered gold for guns. ruilhandel يُقايِض разменям vyměnit drive byttehandel; tuske tauschen ανταλλάσσω trocar vahetama مبادلۀ کالا به کالا vaihtaa troquer (contre) לִסחוֹר בְּחִילוִּפין वस्तु-विनिमय करना trampiti elcserél tukar-menukar vöruskipti barattare 物々交換する 교환하다 (iš)mainyti tirgoties (mainoties ar precēm) tukar barang ruilen bytte(handle) prowadzić handel wymienny trocar a face un barter/un troc обменивать vymeniť si (tovar) (za)menjati za trampiti se byta, idka byteshandel แลกเปลี่ยนสิ่งของต่อสิ่งของ değiş tokuş yapmak, takas etmek 進行易貨貿易,物品交換 розраховуватися бартером; обмінювати مبادلہ کرنا ، چیز کے بدلے میں چیز لینا đổi hàng lấy hàng 物品
n
goods used in bartering Some tribes use sea-shells as barter. ruilhandel مُقايَضـه бартерни стоки směnné zboží byttevare der Tauschmittel υλικό ανταλλαγής (στο εμπόριο) trueque vahetuskaup کالا هایی که در مبادلۀ پایاپای رد و بدل می شود vaihtokauppatavara troc סָחַר חִילוִּפין अदला-बदली trampa árucsere barang tukaran (vöru)skiptavörur baratto 交換品 교역품 mainų prekė maiņas tirdzniecība; preču []maiņa sistem barter ruilmiddel bytteobjekt towar moeda de troca barter, obiect de schimb бартер výmenný tovar zamenjava roba za trambu bytesobjekt สินค้าที่ใช้แลกเปลี่ยนสิ่งของต่อสิ่งของ değiş tokuş malı, takas mal 用於易貨貿易的商品 бартер مبادلے میں لی دی گئی اشیاء sự trao đổi hàng lấy hàng


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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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