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- [bahr-ter]
- /ˈbɑr tər/
- /ˈbɑː.tər/
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- [bahr-ter]
- /ˈbɑr tər/
Definitions of barter word
- verb barter If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money. 3
- verb barter Barter is also a noun. 3
- verb barter to trade (goods, services, etc) in exchange for other goods, services, etc, rather than for money 3
- verb barter to haggle over the terms of such an exchange; bargain 3
- noun barter trade by the exchange of goods 3
- intransitive verb barter to trade by exchanging goods or services without using money 3
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Origin of barter
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English, apparently < Anglo-French, Old French bareter, barater (see barrator), with shift of sense
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Parts of speech for Barter
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
barter popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for barter
verb barter
- haggle — to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner: They spent hours haggling over the price of fish.
- bargain — Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.
- trade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- truck — a shuffling jitterbug step.
- swap — to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
noun barter
- bandy — If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them.
- transposition — an act of transposing.
- vendition — the act of vending; sale.
- interchange — to put each in the place of the other: to interchange pieces of modular furniture.
- an eye for an eye — You say 'an eye for an eye' or 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' to refer to the idea that people should be punished according to the way in which they offended, for example if they hurt someone, they should be hurt equally badly in return.
Antonyms for barter
verb barter
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
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