Definitions of Barter [ˈbɑr tər]

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Definition of 'Barter'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) barter
to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.

2. (v.t.) barter
to exchange in trade, as one commodity for another; trade.

3. barter
to bargain away unwisely or dishonorably (usu. fol. by away):
bartering away one's pride for material gain.

4. (n.) barter
the act or practice of bartering.

5. barter
items or an item for bartering.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME)

Definition of 'Barter'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) barter, swap, swop, trade
an equal exchange
"we had no money so we had to live by barter"

2. (verb) barter
exchange goods without involving money

Definition of 'Barter'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Barter
the act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods

2. (noun) Barter
the thing given in exchange

3. (verb) Barter
to traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck

4. (verb) Barter
to trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor

Translation of 'Barter'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to trade by giving (one thing) in exchange (for another) The bandits bartered gold for guns.
Afrikaans: ruilhandel	Arabic: يُقايِض	Bulgarian: разменям
Brazilian: trocar	Czech: vyměnit	German: tauschen
Danish: drive byttehandel; tuske	Greek: ανταλλάσσω	Spanish: trocar
Estonian: vahetama	Farsi: مبادلۀ کالا به کالا	Finnish: käydä vaihtokauppaa
French: troquer (contre)	Hebrew: לִסחוֹר בְּחִילוִּפין	Hindi: वस्तु-विनिमय करना
Croatian: trampiti	Hungarian: elcserél	Indonesian: tukar-menukar
Icelandic: vöruskipti	Italian: barattare	Japanese: 物々交換する
Korean: 물물 교환하다	Lithuanian: (iš)mainyti	Latvian: tirgoties (mainoties ar p
Malay: tukar barang	Dutch: ruilen	Norwegian: bytte(handle)
Polish: prowadzić handel wymienny	Persian: مبادلۀ کالا به کالا	Pashto: بدلول (جنس په جنس)، جنس پ
Portuguese: trocar	Romanian: a face un barter/un troc	Russian: обменивать
Slovak: vymeniť si (tovar)	Slovenian: (za)menjati za	Serbian: trampiti se
Swedish: byta, idka byteshandel	Thai: แลกเปลี่ยนสิ่งของต่อสิ่งข	Turkish: değiş tokuş yapmak, takas
Taiwanese: 以物易物	Ukrainian: розраховуватися бартером;	Urdu: مبادلہ کرنا ، چیز کے بدلے
Vietnamese: đổi hàng lấy hàng	Chinese: 进行易货贸易，物品交换
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