barter

The definition of barter is a system under which goods and services are exchanged instead of currency, or the actual goods or services that are being exchanged.

(noun)

  1. An example of barter is when the people within a community exchange goods and services so that money needn't be used.
  2. An example of barter is bread provided in exchange for butter.

To barter is defined as to provide a good or service in exchange for another good and service rather than using or accepting currency.

(verb)

An example of barter is your ability to fix plumbing for someone else's ability to fix electrical issues.

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See barter in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to trade by exchanging goods or services without using money

Origin: ME bartren < OFr barater, to barter, cheat: see barrator

transitive verb

to give (goods or services) in return for other goods or services; trade

noun

  1. the act or practice of bartering
  2. anything bartered

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See barter in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb bar·tered, bar·ter·ing, bar·ters
verb, intransitive
To trade goods or services without the exchange of money.
verb, transitive
To trade (goods or services) without the exchange of money.
noun
  1. The act or practice of bartering.
  2. Something bartered.
adjective
Of, relating to, or being something based on bartering: a barter economy.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English barteren

Origin: , probably from Old French barater; see barrator

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Related Forms:

  • barˈter·er noun

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