Synonyms for barter
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bahr-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr tər |
Définition of barter
Origin :- mid-15c., apparently from Old French barater "to barter, cheat, deceive, haggle" (also, "to have sexual intercourse"), 12c., of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Celtic language (cf. Irish brath "treachery"). Connection between "trading" and "cheating" exists in several languages. Related: Bartered; bartering. The noun is first recorded 1590s, from the verb.
- verb trade goods or services
- They hit inter th' highway from Barter, that's what they done.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- Now came the Indians I had seen at the lake to barter for some flour and pork.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- In early times the father might sell his daughters and barter his sisters.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- Let us not barter them for the poor comforts of this brief life.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- It looked like paltering and peddling, like sale and barter.
- Extract from : « The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days » by Hall Caine
- Barter returned to the porcelain slab banked with the lights and the keys.
- Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
- When will he give up––and what will his driver do when Barter relinquishes control?
- Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
- His task was to penetrate the hideout of Barter––and he was on the way there now.
- Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
- Barter had kept his own counsel for a purpose, but what was it?
- Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
- Far less, naturally, than Barter had made by selling his loot.
- Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
Antonyms for barter
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