barter

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

And I was mindful to do a good job with the marketing for Mrs. Wigginbottom—and leave time to barter biscuits for more newspapers and fatten up that orange tomcat on the back porch.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

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

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

"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

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

My courage failed me at the sight of a countinghouse or shop crowded with men, bartering and contending loudly with one another.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein