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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Barter \Bar"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bartered} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Bartering}.] [OE. bartren, OF barater bareter to cheat, exchange, perh. fr Gr ? to do deal (well or ill), use practices or tricks, or perh. fr Celtic; cf Ir brath treachery, W. brad. Cf {Barrator}.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Barter \Bar"ter\, v. t. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Barter \Bar"ter\, n. 1. The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods. The spirit of huckstering and barter. --Burke. 2. The thing given in exchange. Syn: Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade truck. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: barter n : an equal exchange; "we had no money so we hd to live by barter" [syn: {swap}, {swop}, {trade}, {quid pro quo}] v 1: haggle over the terms of an exchange; bargain [syn: {bargain}] 2: exchange goods
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