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单词 barter
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Definition of barter in English:

barter

verb ˈbɑːtəˈbɑrdər
[with object]
  • Exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.

    he often bartered a meal for drawings
    no object they were able to buy or barter for most of what they needed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Without language he somehow manages to convey the concept of bartering him food in exchange for the right to see something.
    • Castro stormed from the room a couple of times, bartering a slowdown of the process as a condition for her return.
    • Among the victims of the hype are schoolchildren, who seem to have bartered their pocket money for baubles.
    • And if you need something done for your business but don't have the money to pay for it, you can always barter goods or services in exchange.
    • Just decades ago, when job security was the top value offered by organizations, employees bartered their commitment and loyalty for assurance of a permanent place in the company.
    • Warwick's skills as a chimney maker were at a premium in the goldfields, and prized heirlooms were bartered for his services.
    • Subsistence farmers traditionally bartered everything and had no need for money, but some know they can get cash from stealing artifacts.
    • She is simply bartering goodies in return for comparative quietness.
    • During the ceremony, the families come together and gifts are bartered and exchanged according to local customs.
    • I took it back with bravado having been so successful bartering the day before.
    • He said that Washington bartered goods with the East to establish trade with China as part of nation building.
    • Most medical societies prohibit members from bartering surgery for public relations purposes.
    • Try bartering a service you can perform in exchange for someone else's service to you.
    • As the society became more complex, records required to be kept, and computations done as the people bartered their goods.
    • No, the picture you show twice is actually of dishes that have been bartered for through service exchanges or even paid for through rebates.
    • She said in a presentation power cuts were fewer, apartments were being renovated and small firms were at work repairing bicycles and bartering goods.
    • Both men and women look forward to the weekly market day when goods are bartered, bought, and sold, and social activity is enjoyed.
    • In this system, people decide they want to reduce their reliance on money through bartering goods and services.
    • Consider bartering your time and talent for services you might need.
    • The most heart wrenching of these stories is that of the 12-year-old who was bartered away by her father in exchange for a woman to marry his son.
    Synonyms
    trade, swap, trade off, exchange, give in exchange, change, traffic, sell
noun ˈbɑːtəˈbɑrdər
mass noun
  • 1The action or system of bartering.

    paper money ceases to have any value and people resort to barter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The programme takes them on a journey through time from barter and trade, to today's financial practises.
    • The Heqanakht letters show us barter and cash transactions.
    • They had to resort to direct barter with peasants, exchanging their products or even parts of their machines for food.
    • People genuinely thought that after this there would be no more money systems, that it'd all be barter.
    • That I just might find a friend from barter and trade in no way argues that the store is hospitable to the establishment of friendships.
    • Finally, due to the instability of the financial system in Asia Pacific, counter-trade agreements and barter might be other alternatives for doing business in Asia.
    • You probably have ways of getting things through fair barter or trade.
    • Businesses typically get by with a mix of cash and barter.
    • Bell's accounts also reveal the prevalence of barter over cash transactions.
    • Not only did bookkeeping barter accommodate two-way trade, it also facilitated triangular barter.
    • Burning Man is a refreshing, artsy anomaly in America, a place where commerce and barter are not allowed, replaced instead with selfless giving on an enormous scale.
    • I think it safe to say that the world would be back to an enormously complex and chaotic form of barter and that trade would be reduced to a virtual standstill.
    • E-tailers have a lot of returns, and companies that are struggling can use barter to manage their inventories, he adds.
    • Those who survived used credit, barter, and available cash to stay in business.
    • With little cash in circulation, barter is popular.
    • Occasionally, that system of trading degrades into heated barter or anger.
    • Of course, this constant barter of cash for influence represents politics as usual.
    • When you do receive a new exploit, either by paying cash or through barter, pretend it's yours.
    • But even as you convert from trade to cash, barter still may have a place in your business.
    • A system of digital barter would be set up so that one could download viruses only by contributing new viruses.
    Synonyms
    trading, trade, exchange, swapping, trafficking, business, commerce, buying and selling, dealing
    haggling, negotiation
    1. 1.1 Goods or services used in bartering.
      I took a supply of coffee and cigarettes to use as barter
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After all, the last time I checked, neither my utility company nor the phone company would accept my skills in barter for their services.
      • The introduction of muskets, as a major item of trade and barter, was the catalyst for the many conflicts which broke out.
      • Before commercialization, when lobsters were fished as a subsistence item, or for sale or barter in small local markets, they were typically fished by hand or with gaffs and spears.
      • The nuts were a vital source of food for their families, autumn forage for their animals, and a commodity for barter and sale.
      • The right column was a record of credit, of payments in cash or barter made against the debt.

Derivatives

  • barterer

  • noun ˈbɑːtərəˈbɑrd(ə)rər
    • The keen interest which Scandinavian ‘kings', war-bands, and barterers showed in Europa is ultimately a tribute to the magnetism which it exerted.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Whether it's a car boot sale, a Moroccan souk or a high street store, men are useless barterers.
      • Actually, by tradition Filipinas have been in charge not only of children but of family funds as well, even while functioning as field hands and small-item vendors or barterers.
      • For a representative of the Proletariat, he was an excellent barterer.
      • Interestingly, children are some of the best barterers around.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably from Old French barater 'deceive' (see barratry).

Rhymes

Bata, cantata, carter, cassata, charter, chipolata, ciabatta, darter, desiderata, errata, garter, imprimatur, Inkatha, Jakarta, Magna Carta, Maratha, martyr, Odonata, passata, persona non grata, rata, Renata, Río de la Plata, serenata, sonata, Sparta, starter, strata, taramasalata, tartar, Tatar, Zapata
 
 

Definition of barter in US English:

barter

verbˈbärdərˈbɑrdər
[with object]
  • Exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.

    he often bartered a meal for drawings
    no object the company is prepared to barter for Russian oil
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Try bartering a service you can perform in exchange for someone else's service to you.
    • During the ceremony, the families come together and gifts are bartered and exchanged according to local customs.
    • No, the picture you show twice is actually of dishes that have been bartered for through service exchanges or even paid for through rebates.
    • Castro stormed from the room a couple of times, bartering a slowdown of the process as a condition for her return.
    • He said that Washington bartered goods with the East to establish trade with China as part of nation building.
    • She is simply bartering goodies in return for comparative quietness.
    • She said in a presentation power cuts were fewer, apartments were being renovated and small firms were at work repairing bicycles and bartering goods.
    • Among the victims of the hype are schoolchildren, who seem to have bartered their pocket money for baubles.
    • Consider bartering your time and talent for services you might need.
    • Without language he somehow manages to convey the concept of bartering him food in exchange for the right to see something.
    • Most medical societies prohibit members from bartering surgery for public relations purposes.
    • Just decades ago, when job security was the top value offered by organizations, employees bartered their commitment and loyalty for assurance of a permanent place in the company.
    • As the society became more complex, records required to be kept, and computations done as the people bartered their goods.
    • Both men and women look forward to the weekly market day when goods are bartered, bought, and sold, and social activity is enjoyed.
    • The most heart wrenching of these stories is that of the 12-year-old who was bartered away by her father in exchange for a woman to marry his son.
    • I took it back with bravado having been so successful bartering the day before.
    • In this system, people decide they want to reduce their reliance on money through bartering goods and services.
    • And if you need something done for your business but don't have the money to pay for it, you can always barter goods or services in exchange.
    • Subsistence farmers traditionally bartered everything and had no need for money, but some know they can get cash from stealing artifacts.
    • Warwick's skills as a chimney maker were at a premium in the goldfields, and prized heirlooms were bartered for his services.
    Synonyms
    trade, swap, trade off, exchange, give in exchange, change, traffic, sell
nounˈbärdərˈbɑrdər
  • 1The action or system of exchanging goods or services without using money.

    it will be paid for by a mixture of barter and cash
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You probably have ways of getting things through fair barter or trade.
    • When you do receive a new exploit, either by paying cash or through barter, pretend it's yours.
    • Burning Man is a refreshing, artsy anomaly in America, a place where commerce and barter are not allowed, replaced instead with selfless giving on an enormous scale.
    • The programme takes them on a journey through time from barter and trade, to today's financial practises.
    • A system of digital barter would be set up so that one could download viruses only by contributing new viruses.
    • Of course, this constant barter of cash for influence represents politics as usual.
    • That I just might find a friend from barter and trade in no way argues that the store is hospitable to the establishment of friendships.
    • Businesses typically get by with a mix of cash and barter.
    • Not only did bookkeeping barter accommodate two-way trade, it also facilitated triangular barter.
    • Bell's accounts also reveal the prevalence of barter over cash transactions.
    • People genuinely thought that after this there would be no more money systems, that it'd all be barter.
    • The Heqanakht letters show us barter and cash transactions.
    • But even as you convert from trade to cash, barter still may have a place in your business.
    • Occasionally, that system of trading degrades into heated barter or anger.
    • With little cash in circulation, barter is popular.
    • Finally, due to the instability of the financial system in Asia Pacific, counter-trade agreements and barter might be other alternatives for doing business in Asia.
    • E-tailers have a lot of returns, and companies that are struggling can use barter to manage their inventories, he adds.
    • I think it safe to say that the world would be back to an enormously complex and chaotic form of barter and that trade would be reduced to a virtual standstill.
    • They had to resort to direct barter with peasants, exchanging their products or even parts of their machines for food.
    • Those who survived used credit, barter, and available cash to stay in business.
    Synonyms
    trading, trade, exchange, swapping, trafficking, business, commerce, buying and selling, dealing
    1. 1.1 Goods or services used in bartering.
      I took a supply of coffee and cigarettes to use as barter
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The nuts were a vital source of food for their families, autumn forage for their animals, and a commodity for barter and sale.
      • The right column was a record of credit, of payments in cash or barter made against the debt.
      • After all, the last time I checked, neither my utility company nor the phone company would accept my skills in barter for their services.
      • The introduction of muskets, as a major item of trade and barter, was the catalyst for the many conflicts which broke out.
      • Before commercialization, when lobsters were fished as a subsistence item, or for sale or barter in small local markets, they were typically fished by hand or with gaffs and spears.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably from Old French barater ‘deceive’ (see barratry).

 
 
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