Meaning of BARTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'bârtur
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- [n] an equal exchange; "we had no money so we hd to live by barter"
- [v] exchange goods without involving money
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| | Synonyms: | | quid pro quo, swap, swop, trade |
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| | See Also: | | change, exchange, exchange, horse trade, horse trading, interchange, interchange | |
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\Bar"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bartered} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Bartering}.] [OE. bartren, OF. barater, bareter, to
cheat, exchange, perh. fr. Gr. ? to do, deal (well or ill),
use practices or tricks, or perh. fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. brath
treachery, W. brad. Cf. {Barrator}.]
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.
\Bar"ter\, 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.
\Bar"ter\, n.
1. The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of
commodities; an exchange of goods.
The spirit of huckstering and barter. --Burke.
2. The thing given in exchange.
Syn: Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck.
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| | Related Terms: | | abalienate, abalienation, agency, alien, alienate, alienation, amortization, amortize, amortizement, assign, assignation, assignment, backscratching, bargain, bargain and sale, bartering, bequeath, bequeathal, brokerage, buy and sell, buying and selling, cede, cession, change, confer, conferment, conferral, consign, consignation, consignment, convey, conveyance, conveyancing, deal, dealing, deed, deed over, deeding, deliver, deliverance, delivery, demise, devolve upon, disposal, disposition, do business, doing business, enfeoff, enfeoffment, even trade, exchange, give, give in exchange, give title to, give-and-take, giving, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, horse trading, horse-trade, interchange, jobbing, lease and release, logrolling, make over, merchandising, negotiate, pass, pass on, pass over, pork barrel, retailing, sale, sell, settle, settle on, settlement, settling, sign away, sign over, surrender, swap, swap horses, swapping, switch, take in exchange, trade, trade in, trade off, trade sight unseen, trading, traffic, trafficking, transfer, transference, transmission, transmit, transmittal, truck, turn over, vesting, wheeling and dealing, wholesaling |
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