About The Word Barter

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Barter

Barter Meaning & Definition
Barter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barter?

[n] an equal exchange; "we had no money so we hd to live by barter"
[v] exchange goods without involving money

Synonyms | Synonyms for Barter: quid pro quo | swap | swop | trade

Related Terms | Find terms related to Barter: 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

See Also | change | exchange | exchange | horse trade | horse trading | interchange | interchange

Barter In Webster's Dictionary

\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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