barter
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She said her business instincts came from watching her farming father trade and barter to feed his large family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
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
She had sewn money and jewelry into the lining of her dress, enough, she thought, to barter rides all the way.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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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
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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
My father had a present for me: a half ration of bread, bartered for something he had found at the depot, a piece of rubber that could be used to repair a shoe.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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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
Bars of metal were better for bartering, but full bars of metal were inconvenient to carry.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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