barter
v.
exchange goods and services
n.
exchanging of goods and services; trade
Barter
barter
Noun
1. an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
(synonym) swap, swop, trade
(hypernym) exchange, interchange
(hyponym) horse trade, horse trading
Verb
1. exchange goods without involving money
(hypernym) exchange, change, interchange
(derivation) barterer
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.
(v. i.)
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.
(n.)
The thing given in exchange.
(n.)
The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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