English > barter: 2 senses > noun 1, actMeaning | An equal exchange. |
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Example | "we had no money so we had to live by barter" |
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Synonyms | swap, swop, trade |
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Narrower | horse trade, horse trading | The swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining) |
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Broader | exchange, interchange | reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries) |
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Spanish | cambalache, cambio, canje, descambio, intercambio, permuta, retorno, swap, tracamundana, trueque |
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Catalan | bescanvi, canvi, escanvi, intercanvi, permuta, troc |
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Verbs | barter | exchange goods without involving money |
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