| 单词 | barter |
| 释义 | barter (once / 1251 pages) vn If you make a deal with your brother to change the oil in his car in exchange for one of his video games, what you’ve just done is barter — or trade goods and services. Before money was invented, people traded goods and services in order to acquire the things they needed. An individual might trade, for example, a cow in exchange for help building a shed, or a dozen eggs in exchange for several yards of cloth. To this day people continue to barter for goods and services although this method of commerce is no longer widespread. The verb barter has survived into modern times to refer to making a transaction that involves the exchange of goods or services rather than money. WORD FAMILYbarter: bartered, barterer, bartering, barters+/barterer: barterers USAGE EXAMPLESIt was in Barter Books that the Keep Calm and Carry On legend was born. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) Huancar is a dusty village of 400 people where clothes and food are bartered for as often as purchased. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) Many Indian villages are returning to bartering amid a nationwide cash crisis. BBC(Dec 04, 2016) 1v exchange goods without involving money Hyper change, exchange, interchange give to, and receive from, one another 2n an equal exchange we had no money so we had to live by barter Syn|Hypo|Hyper swap, swop, trade horse trade, horse trading the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining) exchange, interchange reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries) |
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