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How to pronounce barter in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms swap, swop, trade
Type of interchange, exchange
Has types horse trading, horse trade


we had no money so we had to live by barter.
Type Words
Type of interchange, change, exchange
Derivation barterer

Examples of barter

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He has 13 draft picks to use or barter, with few holes on a talent-laden roster.
From the sacbee.com
Income taxation has the worst effect on division of labor in the form of barter.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Perhaps the clinic administrator is willing to barter for products or services.
From the sacbee.com
Zimmelman said some providers will charge a different price for barter customers.
From the omaha.com
Iranians love to barter, but any transaction has to be seen to profit both sides.
From the theatlantic.com
When shopping at the Floating Market of Damnern Saduak, don't forget to barter!
From the denverpost.com
Occasionally a caravan dips into Pakistan to barter their yaks for wheat flour.
From the lens.blogs.nytimes.com
The displaced Chagossians, raised within a largely barter economy, got nothing.
From the guardian.co.uk
Europe and Japan must produce trade goods efficiently, to barter for resources.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Exchange goods without involving money
  • An equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
  • Trade in which merchandise is exchanged directly for other merchandise without use of money. Barter is an important means of trade with countries using currency that is not readily convertible.
  • Exchanging merchandise, or something other than money, for advertising time or space.
  • An economic exchange of one item for another. No money is involved in the transaction.
  • The practice of exchanging one good or service for another, without using money.
  • A one-time transaction only, bound under a single contract that specifies the exchange of selected goods or services for another of equivalent value.
  • A form of countertrade in which goods having comparable values are exchanged under a single contract, within a specified period of time, and without any flow of money taking place. The U.S. ...
  • The peaceful exchange, between individuals or communities, of a good or service in return for another good or service without monetary payments