barter

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old French barater.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: bärʹtər, IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹtɚ/, [ˈbɑɹɾɚ]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

barter (usually uncountable, plural barters)

1. An exchange of goods or services without the use of money.

   We had no money so we had to live by barter.

   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 11:

     Speculations in trade are not confined to the counter or to the counting-house. Lady Anne's fair hair and white teeth were as much objects of barter as any of the shawls or ribbons displayed in Bond Street. They were to be had in exchange for a suit of diamonds and an opera-box.

2. The goods or services used in such an exchange.

   The man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.

Verb

barter (third-person singular simple present barters, present participle bartering, simple past and past participle bartered)

1. (ambitransitive) To exchange goods or services without involving money.

   She bartered a bonsai for one of the rare books in my library.

   You may be able to barter for some of the items you need at the local market.

Anagrams

• Barret, Traber, barret

Etymology

From English barter.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbartər/ [ˈbar.t̪ər]
• Syllabification: bar‧ter

Noun

barter (countable and uncountable, plural barter-barter)

1. barter (an exchange of goods or services without the use of money)

   Synonym: urup

2. barter (the goods or services used in such an exchange)

   Synonym: urup-urup

Verb

bartêr (active membarter, passive dibarter)

1. (ambitransitive) to barter

   Synonym: urup

Further reading

• “barter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Etymology

Borrowed from English barter, from Middle English, from Old French barater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.tɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -artɛr
• Syllabification: bar‧ter

Noun

barter m inan (related adjective barterowy)

1. (business, trading) barter (exchange of goods or services without the use of money)

Further reading

• barter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• barter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Verb

barter

1. bite

References

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.