to barter

Examples

• All

• So people would barter items, whether cattle or goods or whatever.

  Jack Neel

• You know, let's barter a little bit, man.

  Easter Sunday (2022)

• So to barter, that means they could get two birds from Australia.

  Matteo Lane

• Back in the village, they would barter with each other so their diet was balanced.

  Academic text (2007)

• More land means security, surplus food for a drought season or to barter for goods.

• Did you really go into the southern forests to barter with the Indians?

  Fiction book (2000)

• At the market, she either bartered or paid in pounds and pence.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Some 500 traders from around the world attend the week-long Tucson show to barter, buy, and sell.

  Academic text (1998)

• Both porters and European officers coped by bartering clothing and other personal possessions for food.

  Academic text (2006)

• In the market, they often barter fruits for vegetables instead of using cash.

Synonyms

T

to trade

vsto barter

588 1.0

To give something and get something else in return

is a direct swap without payment or currency

E

to exchange

vsto barter

274 1.8

To give something and get something in return

is a direct swap of goods or services without using cash

B

to barter away

vsto barter

1 5.8

To give up something valuable in exchange for something else, often as a loss

is a direct swap done without the sense of loss

Phrasal Verbs

B

to barter away

1 5.8

To give up something valuable in exchange for something else, often as a loss

How Monetary

to auction

53 3.6

to sell

∞ 1.0

trade

∞ 1.0

to barter

26 3.1

to give

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology