NOUN | act | barter, swap, swop, trade | an equal exchange |
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VERB | possession | barter | exchange goods without involving money |
Sounds | baa'rter | |
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Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | An equal exchange. | |
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Example | "we had no money so we had to live by barter" | |
Synonyms | swap, swop, trade | |
Narrower | horse trade, horse trading | The swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining) |
Broader | exchange, interchange | reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries) |
Spanish | cambalache, cambio, canje, descambio, intercambio, permuta, retorno, swap, tracamundana, trueque | |
Catalan | bescanvi, canvi, escanvi, intercanvi, permuta, troc | |
Verbs | barter | exchange goods without involving money |
Meaning | Exchange goods without involving money. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | Sam and Sue barter; Sam wants to barter with Sue | |
Broader | exchange, change, interchange | Give to, and receive from, one another |
Spanish | trocar | |
Catalan | baratar | |
Nouns | barter | an equal exchange |
barterer | a trader who exchanges goods and not money |
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