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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bar•ter /ˈbɑrtɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to trade by exchanging goods rather than by money: [no object]When money was scarce they simply bartered.[~ + object]to barter wheat for machinery.
n. [uncountable] - the act or practice of bartering.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bar•ter (bär′tər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
v.t. - to exchange in trade, as one commodity for another;
trade. - to bargain away unwisely or dishonorably (usually fol. by away):bartering away his pride for material gain.
n. - the act or practice of bartering.
- items or an item for bartering:We arrived with new barter for the villagers.
- Anglo-French, Old French bareter, barater (see barrator), with shift of sense
- late Middle English, apparently 1400–50
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged traffic. See trade.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: barter /ˈbɑːtə/ vb - to trade (goods, services, etc) in exchange for other goods, services, etc, rather than for money
- (intransitive) to haggle over the terms of such an exchange; bargain
n - trade by the exchange of goods
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French barater to cheat; perhaps related to Greek prattein to do |