barter for

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People could also barter for health services with seedlings or manure, to be used for forest restoration and farming.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

According to another legend, Brigid gave her father’s jeweled sword to a needy man for him to barter for food.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Some barter for medicine on social media or use herbal remedies instead as preventable diseases such as scabies spread due to a lack of adequate treatment.

From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2021

Farmers buy or barter for one another’s saved seeds, which helps keep financial resources within a community.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2019

“You think Anansi will barter for a broken, dusty old crate?”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia