barter

See also: Barter

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old French barater.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/

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• (US) enPR: bärʹtər, IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹtɚ/, [ˈbɑɹɾɚ]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

barter (usually uncountable, plural barters)

1. An exchange of goods or services without the use of money.

   We had no money so we had to live by barter.

   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 11:

     Speculations in trade are not confined to the counter or to the counting-house. Lady Anne's fair hair and white teeth were as much objects of barter as any of the shawls or ribbons displayed in Bond Street. They were to be had in exchange for a suit of diamonds and an opera-box.

2. The goods or services used in such an exchange.

   The man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.

Synonyms

• chaffer
• quid pro quo
• swap
• swop
• trade

Derived terms

• silent barter

Translations

exchange of goods or services

• Arabic: مُقَايَضَة (ar) f (muqāyaḍa)
• Bulgarian: размя́на (bg) f (razmjána), ба́ртер m (bárter)
• Catalan: bescanvi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以物易物 (yǐwùyìwù), 物物交換／物物交换 (zh) (wùwù jiāohuàn), 以物換物／以物换物 (yǐwùhuànwù), 實物交易／实物交易 (shíwù jiāoyì)

• Danish: byttehandel c, tuskhandel c (exchange without money)
• Dutch: ruil (nl) m, ruilhandel (nl) m
• Finnish: vaihtokauppa (fi)
• French: troc (fr) m
• Galician: troco m
• German: Tauschhandel (de) m, Tauschgeschäft (de) n
• Hungarian: csere (hu)
• Indonesian: barter (id), imbal beli (id)
• Irish: malairt f
• Italian: baratto (it) m
• Japanese: 物々交換 (ぶつぶつこうかん, butsubutsu kōkan), バーター (bātā)
• Kaurna: wakuinya
• Malay: barter
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: byttehandel m

  Nynorsk: bytehandel m

• Persian: مبادله (fa) (mobâdele)
• Plautdietsch: Schacha m
• Polish: barter (pl) m
• Portuguese: permuta (pt), escambo (pt) m
• Russian: ба́ртер (ru) m (bártɛr), товарообме́н (ru) m (tovaroobmén), менова́я торго́вля f (menovája torgóvlja)
• Serbo-Croatian: трампа f, trampa (sh) f
• Slovene: blagovna menjava f
• Spanish: trueque (es)
• Swedish: byteshandel (sv) c
• Tagalog: tuwayan
• Turkish: takas (tr)
• Yiddish: אויסבײַט m (oysbayt)

goods or services

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 易貨貿易／易货贸易 (zh) (yìhuò màoyì)

• Finnish: vaihtokauppa (fi)
• German: Tauschware (de) f
• Portuguese: bem (pt)

See also

• payment in kind

Verb

barter (third-person singular simple present barters, present participle bartering, simple past and past participle bartered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To exchange goods or services without involving money.

   She bartered a bonsai for one of the rare books in my library.

   You may be able to barter for some of the items you need at the local market.

Synonyms

• chaffer
• swap
• swop
• trade

Translations

exchange goods or services without involving money

• Arabic: قايض
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bau Bidayuh: sami'
• Bulgarian: разменям (bg) (razmenjam), правя бартер (pravja barter)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以物易物 (yǐwùyìwù), 物物交換／物物交换 (zh) (wùwù jiāohuàn), 以物換物／以物换物 (yǐwùhuànwù), 實物交易／实物交易 (shíwù jiāoyì)

• Dutch: ruilen (nl), ruilebuiten
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tehdä vaihtokauppa, vaihtaa (fi)
• French: troquer (fr)
• Galician: trocar (gl)
• German: tauschen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐍉𐌽 (kaupōn)
• Greek: ανταλλάσσω (el) (antallásso)
• Hungarian: elcserél (hu)
• Italian: barattare (it)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: tauhokohoko
• Persian: مبادله کردن (fa) (mobâdele kardan)
• Portuguese: trocar (pt)
• Russian: проводи́ть ба́ртерные сде́лки (provodítʹ bártɛrnyje sdélki)
• Serbo-Croatian: trampiti (sh)
• Slovene: menjati, trgovati
• Spanish: trocar (es)
• Swedish: idka byteshandel

Anagrams

• Barret, Traber, barret

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay barter, from English barter, from Middle English, from Old French barater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.tər/
• Rhymes: -tər
• Hyphenation: bar‧têr

Noun

bartêr (plural barter-barter, first-person possessive barterku, second-person possessive bartermu, third-person possessive barternya)

1. (economics, history) barter: an exchange of goods or services without the use of money.

   Synonym: imbal beli

Derived terms

• barteran
• dibarter
• membarter

 

• barter beli kembali
• barter dum

 

Further reading

• “barter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English barter, from Middle English, from Old French barater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.tɛr/

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• Rhymes: -artɛr
• Syllabification: bar‧ter

Noun

barter m inan

1. (business) barter (an exchange of goods or services without the use of money)

Declension

Declension of barter

	singular	plural
nominative	barter	bartery
genitive	barteru	barterów
dative	barterowi	barterom
accusative	barter	bartery
instrumental	barterem	barterami
locative	barterze	barterach
vocative	barterze	bartery

Derived terms

adjective

• barterowy

 

Further reading

• barter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• barter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Yagara

Verb

barter

1. bite

References

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.