barter
noun/ˈbɑː.(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/UK/ˈbɑɹ.tɚ/US
Etymology
Late Middle English, from Old French barater.
- derived from barater
Definitions
An exchange of goods or services without the use of money.
- We had no money so we had to live by barter.
The goods or services used in such an exchange.
- The man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.
To exchange goods or services without involving money.
- She bartered a bonsai for one of the rare books in my library.
- You may be able to barter for some of the items you need at the local market.
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A surname.
The neighborhood
- synonymchaffer
- synonymswap
- synonymswop
- synonymtrade
- synonymquid pro quo
- antonymbuy
- antonymsell
- neighborpayment in kind
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for barter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA