barter
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The nations have also experimented with direct barter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
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
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
Luis said he then buys dollar-denominated stablecoins on overseas crypto markets, which he barters for pesos on peer-to-peer exchanges in Argentina -- all under the radar of Argentine tax and financial authorities.
From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2023
As the creators and showrunners of HBO’s “Westworld,” based on the original film and screenplay by Michael Crichton, they were no strangers to sci-fi that barters in slippery notions of reality.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
It’s a cerebral film that barters in riddles.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
“No one barters its destiny for corn cake,” Kim wrote.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2022
Life in the Fen was apparently a series of barters.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
Allen bartered the show for free to TV stations in exchange for a split of the revenues from selling commercials to advertisers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
In a time where edgy influencers like Clavicular and HSTikkyTokky are reposted, shared, and platformed for their ability to provoke, morality is bartered for popularity.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
But in Wisconsin, no part of a wild sturgeon can be bought, sold or bartered for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Scholars suggest that some of these human remains were bartered items or gifts, but others may have been taken away without the consent of their owners.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024
He was pretty sure he’d bartered them all.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
When challenged whether he was coercively controlling couriers for his own ends, he said: "No, it's more of a bartering system. They want something and I want something. It goes hand in hand."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
There’s also a bartering and swap group where folks negotiate clever exchanges: “I have an unused air fryer. You have an unused desk chair. Want to swap?”
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 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
After bartering with him, they climbed onto his rickshaw, and he pedaled away.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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