Barter Definition

bärtər
bartered, bartering, barters
verb
bartered, bartering, barters
To trade goods or services without the exchange of money.
American Heritage
To trade by exchanging goods or services without using money.
Webster's New World
To give (goods or services) in return for other goods or services; trade.
Webster's New World
To trade (goods or services) without the exchange of money.
American Heritage
The exchange of goods or services without the use of money. To negotiate, engage in, or conclude a barter.
Webster's New World Law
noun
barters
The act or practice of bartering.
Webster's New World
Something bartered.
American Heritage
Anything bartered.
Webster's New World
We had no money so we had to live by barter.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of, relating to, or being something based on bartering.
A barter economy.
American Heritage
idiom
barter away
  • to give or trade for too small a return
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Barter

Noun

Singular:
barter
Plural:
barters

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Barter

  • barter away

Origin of Barter

  • Middle English barteren probably from Old French barater barrator

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French barater, of uncertain origin (maybe Celtic).

    From Wiktionary

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