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

These findings suggest that the pre-Inca Chincha Kingdom may have built Monte Sierpe for organized barter and trading, and that the Inca later repurposed it for accounting and tribute collection.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2025

“Are you ever going to realize this barter stuff doesn’t work anymore? That people want cash? They’ve always wanted cash—or gold. I haven’t read one book where people didn’t want something valuable for their work.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

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

Anything can be bartered for, if you know its true value.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

"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

As she took to politics, he invested in the bartering franchise.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

“I find in my father's 1898 and 1899 ledgers where chestnuts used in bartering at the country stores were traded at $0.12 to $0.15 per gallon, for baking powder at $0.05 a pound,” he said.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2023

The wharf was a confusion of unloading and bartering.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare