countertrade

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Italic *-teros

Proto-Italic *komterosder.

Proto-Italic *komterād

Latin contrāder.

Old French contre-

Anglo-Norman countre-bor.

Middle English counter-

English counter-

Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-

Proto-Germanic *tradō

Proto-West Germanic *trudo

Old Saxon tradader.

Middle Low German tradeder.

Middle English trade

English trade

English countertrade

From counter- + trade.

Noun

countertrade (countable and uncountable, plural countertrades)

1. (international trade) Exchange of goods or services that are paid for, in whole or part, with other goods or services.

Hyponyms

• barter
• buyback
• counterpurchase
• offset
• switch trading

Translations

International exchange of goods and services for others

• Bulgarian: разменна търговия f (razmenna tărgovija)
• Finnish: vastakauppa
• German: Kompensationshandel m
• Korean: 연계무역 (yeon'gyemuyeok)
• Polish: handel wymienny m
• Russian: встре́чная торго́вля f (vstréčnaja torgóvlja)
• Swedish: motköp (sv) n
• Ukrainian: зустрі́чна торгі́вля f (zustríčna torhívlja)

Verb

countertrade (third-person singular simple present countertrades, present participle countertrading, simple past and past participle countertraded)

1. To engage in exchanges of this kind.

Anagrams

• trade counter