BARTER

barter. (fr) barter, to bargaine, or change

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BARTER. → See COMMERCE

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barter. Barter, v.t. to exchange, truck, swop, trade

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Bar″ter (bär″tẽr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bartered (–tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bartering.] [[OE. bartren, OF. barater, bareter, to cheat, exchange, perh. fr. Gr. πράττειν to do, deal (well or ill), use practices or tricks, or perh. fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. brath treachery, W. brad. Cf. Barrator.]] To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.