barter

Example Sentences

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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

“Hans Christian Andersen bartered with a mermaid who lived in the cold waters of the Odense Fjord.”

From Literature

“Honey, this is the United States Postal Service. We don’t barter.”

From Literature

The victim had left a trading card show in Orange County that day and visited the Olympic Boulevard shop looking to barter, he told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

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