bartering
Example Sentences
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When shoppers don’t have enough to cover purchases, several vendors suggested that they were open to bartering or offering deals for long-term customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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
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
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
