barter

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Plus, it creates new headaches for companies, many of which would likely jockey for workarounds as the administration has shown a willingness to barter tariffs for other commitments, he adds.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Try to get a car at an auto rental agency without booking it online first; you might as well attempt to barter your watch and three chickens as payment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

Together, the data support a new interpretation of Monte Sierpe as an Indigenous center for barter and exchange that may have evolved into an accounting system under Inca rule.

From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2025

People could also barter for health services with seedlings or manure, to be used for forest restoration and farming.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

To go shopping, people bring a bag of rice with them and use it to barter for the items they want.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung