Barter - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbɑːrtər|  American pronunciation of the word barter
Brit.  |ˈbɑːtə|  British pronunciation of the word barter

noun

- an equal exchange (syn: swap, swop, trade)
we had no money so we had to live by barter

verb

- exchange goods without involving money

Extra examples

The tribes use a system of barter.

The explorers used blankets and other supplies for barter to get food from the native people.

The women in the market are bartering hens for milk.

The women are bartering with their neighbours.

I had to barter with the locals for food.

They bartered their grain for salt.

Trading was carried out under a barter system.

We used cigarettes for barter.

The captain went to the enemy camp to barter for the prisoner's life.

Phrasal verbs

barter away  — trade in in a bartering transaction

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: barter
he/she/it: barters
present participle: bartering
past tense: bartered
past participle: bartered
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