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Instead, they arranged to trade services through a barter system in which state-backed Chinese companies in Iran build infrastructure there as compensation for oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 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

These findings suggest that the pre-Inca Chincha Kingdom may have built Monte Sierpe for organized barter and trading, and that the Inca later repurposed it for accounting and tribute collection.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2025

Maybe we can’t barter our feelings away, trading good deeds for bad ones and expecting to become whole.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

Iran then buys goods and services from China or it barters the oil in return for Chinese companies to build infrastructure inside Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

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

We had bartered practically everything we owned with the Altaians for warm clothing.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

In his plea, Max acknowledged bartering art for real estate and hiding income to buy real estate in Southampton, New York, the US Virgin Islands and upstate New York.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

"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

They kept everything there, the food and whatever little they still had for bartering.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer