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barter

[bahr-ter] / ˈbɑr tər /
VERB
trade goods or services
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Instead, they arranged to trade services through a barter system in which state-backed Chinese companies in Iran build infrastructure there as compensation for oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 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

Gutierrez said no one wanted to barter with Saldana for the instrument and that another homeless person eventually stole it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

He arranged them carefully next to my father’s chaise like trinkets for barter, all the while recounting to himself in a small voice the catalogue of his suburban treasure.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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