barter
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Old French barater.
Inflected forms:
form: barters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: barters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bartering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bartered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bartered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An exchange of goods or services without the use of money.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: We had no money so we had to live by barter.
Speculations in trade are not confined to the counter or to the counting-house. Lady Anne's fair hair and white teeth were as much objects of barter as any of the shawls or ribbons displayed in Bond Street. They were to be had in exchange for a suit of diamonds and an opera-box.
gloss: The goods or services used in such an exchange.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.
gloss: To exchange goods or services without involving money.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: She bartered a bonsai for one of the rare books in my library.
You may be able to barter for some of the items you need at the local market.
Synonyms: chaffer
swap
swop
trade
quid pro quo
Antonyms: buy
sell
Related words: payment in kind
Derived words: silent barter
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: tregti
lang: Arabic
word: مُقَايَضَة
roman: muqāyaḍa
lang: Armenian
word: ապրանքափոխանակություն
roman: aprankʻapʻoxanakutʻyun
lang: Armenian
word: ապրանքների փոխանակություն
roman: aprankʻneri pʻoxanakutʻyun
lang: Bulgarian
word: размя́на
roman: razmjána
lang: Bulgarian
word: ба́ртер
roman: bárter
lang: Catalan
word: bescanvi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 以物易物
roman: yǐwùyìwù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 物物交換 /物物交换
roman: wùwù jiāohuàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 以物換物 /以物换物
roman: yǐwùhuànwù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 實物交易 /实物交易
roman: shíwù jiāoyì
lang: Czech
word: směnný obchod
lang: Czech
word: výměnný obchod
lang: Czech
word: barterový obchod
lang: Danish
word: byttehandel
lang: Danish
word: tuskhandel
lang: Dutch
word: ruil
lang: Dutch
word: ruilhandel
lang: Finnish
word: vaihtokauppa
lang: French
word: troc
lang: Galician
word: troco
lang: German
word: Tauschhandel
lang: German
word: Tauschgeschäft
lang: Hungarian
word: csere
lang: Hungarian
word: cserekereskedelem
lang: Indonesian
word: barter
lang: Indonesian
word: urup
lang: Indonesian
word: imbal beli
lang: Irish
word: malairt
lang: Italian
word: baratto
lang: Japanese
word: 物々交換
roman: butsubutsu kōkan
lang: Japanese
word: バーター
roman: bātā
lang: Kaurna
word: wakuinya
lang: Korean
word: 물물교환
roman: mulmulgyohwan
lang: Macedonian
word: трампа
roman: trampa
lang: Malay
word: barter
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: byttehandel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: bytehandel
lang: Persian
word: مبادله
roman: mobâdele
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schacha
lang: Polish
word: barter
lang: Portuguese
word: permuta
lang: Portuguese
word: escambo
lang: Russian
word: ба́ртер
roman: bártɛr
lang: Russian
word: товарообме́н
roman: tovaroobmén
lang: Russian
word: менова́я торго́вля
roman: menovája torgóvlja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: трампа
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: trampa
lang: Slovene
word: blagovna menjava
lang: Spanish
word: trueque
lang: Swedish
word: byteshandel
lang: Tagalog
word: tuwayan
lang: Turkish
word: takas
lang: Yiddish
word: אויסבײַט
roman: oysbayt