English Explanatory Dictionary

barter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An exchange of goods or services without the use of money.
  2. The goods or services used in such an exchange.
verb
  1. To exchange goods or services without involving money.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɑː.(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-barter.wav bärʹtər /ˈbɑɹ.tɚ/ [ˈbɑɹ.ɾɚ]

Word forms

barter barters bartering bartered

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old French barater.

Synonyms

chaffer swap swop trade quid pro quo barter chop dicker exchange truck scorse

Antonyms

buy sell

Related words

payment in kind

Derived words

silent barter barterable barterer rebarter unbartered

Translations

Albanian: tregti Arabic: مُقَايَضَة Armenian: ապրանքափոխանակություն Armenian: ապրանքների փոխանակություն Bulgarian: размя́на Bulgarian: ба́ртер Catalan: bescanvi Chinese Mandarin: 以物易物 Chinese Mandarin: 物物交換 /物物交换 Chinese Mandarin: 以物換物 /以物换物 Chinese Mandarin: 實物交易 /实物交易 Czech: směnný obchod Czech: výměnný obchod Czech: barterový obchod Danish: byttehandel Danish: tuskhandel Dutch: ruil Dutch: ruilhandel Finnish: vaihtokauppa French: troc Galician: troco German: Tauschhandel German: Tauschgeschäft Hungarian: csere Hungarian: cserekereskedelem Indonesian: barter Indonesian: urup Indonesian: imbal beli Irish: malairt Italian: baratto Japanese: 物々交換 Japanese: バーター Kaurna: wakuinya Korean: 물물교환 Macedonian: трампа Malay: barter Norwegian Bokmål: byttehandel Norwegian Nynorsk: bytehandel Persian: مبادله Plautdietsch: Schacha Polish: barter Portuguese: permuta Portuguese: escambo Russian: ба́ртер Russian: товарообме́н Russian: менова́я торго́вля Serbo-Croatian: трампа Serbo-Croatian: trampa Slovene: blagovna menjava Spanish: trueque Swedish: byteshandel Tagalog: tuwayan Turkish: takas Yiddish: אויסבײַט
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