barter
See also: Barter
English
Etymology
Late Middle English, from Old French barater.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Noun
barter (usually uncountable, plural barters)
- An exchange of goods or services without the use of money.
- We had no money so we had to live by barter.
- The goods or services used in such an exchange.
- The man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.
Synonyms
Translations
exchange of goods or services
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goods or services
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Verb
barter (third-person singular simple present barters, present participle bartering, simple past and past participle bartered)
- (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
Translations
exchange goods or services without involving money
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Anagrams
Yagara
Verb
barter
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.
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