barter

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We need alternative currency - barter, and other things.

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  1. intransitive verb To trade goods or services without the exchange of money.
  2. transitive verb To trade (goods or services) without the exchange of money.
  3. noun The act or practice of bartering.
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  • We need alternative currency - barter, and other things. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • In barter, the problem of divisibility (say, trying to exchange one twentieth of a chair for 10 pounds of flour) is the principal problem that gives rise to the use of indirect exchange. —  Libertarian Blog Place
  • One of its most important characteristics is a breakdown in commerce; i.e. a return to barter, and a reluctance to take on financial assets. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • We're talking barter -- without the cows and camels. —  Startups | Home
  • We want to trade, barter, and share our equipment, skills, and knowledge. —  Blogtimore, Hon
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English barteren, probably from Old French barater; see barrator.

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  1. from late Middle English bartren for *ḅarten, *bareten (the inserted r being due perhaps to the suffix of the Old French infinitive, or to dependence on the noun barator, bareter, etc.: see barrator), from Old French bareter, barater, barter, truck, cheat, from barat, barate, barete, barter, cheating: see barrat.
  2. from barter, v.
 

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/ˈbɑrtər/
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