bartering

Example Sentences

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In September, the LA Card Show made its Dodger Stadium debut, drawing thousands of fans swapping and bartering trading cards.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

In place of socializing, we’re using a parent community as a bartering platform.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025

While her career marched upward, his meandered; he worked for her parents and ran a struggling bartering venture before he found the military.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

Fortunately for them, Clyburn, who is 82 and was recently reelected to his 16th term, had long ago made peace with the art of bartering.

From Salon • May 5, 2023

Emenike was one of the few people for whom “to read” did not mean “to study,” and so they would spend hours talking about books, bartering knowledge for knowledge, and playing Scrabble.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie