bartered; bartering; barters
: to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services
farmers bartering for supplies with their crops
bartered with the store's owner
: to trade or exchange by or as if by bartering
bartering work for food
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Noun
The tribes use a system of barter.
The explorers used blankets and other supplies for barter to get food from the native people.
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Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
But states such as India and Egypt rejected the legitimacy of the UN embargo, and Beijing was able to barter (often on disadvantageous terms) with countries such as Indonesia and Sri Lanka in order to avoid isolation.
—Timothy Nunan, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2017
Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
Our last stop was Mattancherry, once home to the large spice markets where traders came to bid and barter.
—Abraham Verghese, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
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Verb
The old town medina is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and crowds jostle to examine products laid out in the streets and hear the sound of bartering in more languages than can be named.
—Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
But states such as India and Egypt rejected the legitimacy of the UN embargo, and Beijing was able to barter (often on disadvantageous terms) with countries such as Indonesia and Sri Lanka in order to avoid isolation.
—Timothy Nunan, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2017
Noun
Even golfers and soccer players, who sometimes chew gum, do not commonly have pockets full of loose seeds, or barter with children for bags of Nerds Gummy Clusters.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
Our last stop was Mattancherry, once home to the large spice markets where traders came to bid and barter.
—Abraham Verghese, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
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“Barter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barter. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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barter
2 of 2 noun
: the exchange of goods without the use of money
Legal Definition
barter
2 of 2 noun
: the art or practice of carrying on trade or exchange by or as if by bartering : exchange of one commodity or service for another compare sale
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