bartering

Example Sentences

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"I think there was a lot of bartering," captain McIntosh says, "trying to get good deals, where we'd get breakfast and tea included."

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

In place of socializing, we’re using a parent community as a bartering platform.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025

Food comes from bartering with neighbors, or outlets like 99 Cents Only.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

As she took to politics, he invested in the bartering franchise.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

Her bartering and bickering had then seemed small-minded to him; now he was enough older to realize how valiantly she had fought for those under her care.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes