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Barter   /bˈɑrtər/   Listen
noun
Barter  n.  
1.
The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods. "The spirit of huckstering and barter."
2.
The thing given in exchange.
Synonyms: Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck.


verb
Barter  v. t.  To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.


Barter  v. i.  (past & past part. bartered; pres. part. bartering)  To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.





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"Barter" Quotes from Famous Books



... his outlay and perilous journey, the cibolero carries back dried buffalo-flesh and hides—some the produce of his own hunting, some procured by barter from the Indians. ...
— The White Chief - A Legend of Northern Mexico • Mayne Reid
... frankly recognise the claim of romance in life, and we are prepared to make sacrifices to it. We see a young couple at the altar; they are in love. Good! They are poor. So much the worse! But nevertheless we feel that love will pull them through. The revolting French system of bargain and barter is the one thing that we can neither comprehend nor pardon in the customs of our great neighbours. We endeavour to be polite about that system; we simply cannot. It shocks our finest, tenderest feelings. It is ...
— Mental Efficiency - And Other Hints to Men and Women • Arnold Bennett
... second part hereby agrees to and with party of the first part that, in consideration of the benefits derived from this contract, he will not bargain, sell, barter or trade upon said land any intoxicating liquors, or otherwise dispose of as beverages any intoxicants, at any place upon said premises or any part thereof, or permit the selling of the same, or any illegal traffic or any act or acts prohibited ...
— The Social Work of the Salvation Army • Edwin Gifford Lamb
... the Fuegians plainly showed that they had a fair notion of barter. I gave one man a large nail (a most valuable present) without making any signs for a return; but he immediately picked out two fish, and handed them up on the point of his spear. If any present was designed for one canoe, ...
— A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World - The Voyage Of The Beagle • Charles Darwin
... was the head of the Board of Trade, introduced a system of barter, whereby a certain reduction of light dues was to be made to the firms who undertook to train boys for the merchant service and the Royal Naval Reserve. Needless to say, the very nature of the conditions caused it to fail. In the first place the parents of the ...
— Windjammers and Sea Tramps • Walter Runciman


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