The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; sometimes, perhaps, the thing given in exchange.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
To traffick 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 give one thing for another in commerce. It is sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.
1. The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
2. The thing given in exchange.
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.
To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.
B'ARTERED , pp. Given in exchange.
One who trafficks by exchange of commodities.
One who barters.
Trafficking or trading by an exchange of commodities.
Exchange of commodities in trade. [Not used.]
Correlation Roget’s Thesaurus §12
N. reciprocalness, reciprocity, reciprocation, mutuality, correlation, interdependence, interrelation, connection, link, association, interchange, exchange, barter, reciprocator, reprocitist
Adj. reciprocal, mutual, commutual, correlative, reciprocative, interrelated, closely related, alternate, interchangeable, interdependent, international, complemental, complementary
Adv. mutually, mutatis mutandis, vice versa, each other, one another, by turns, reciprocally
Phr. "happy in our mutual help"
Interchange Roget’s Thesaurus §148
N. interchange, # exchange, commutation, permutation, intermutation, reciprocation, transposition, rearrangement, shuffling, alternation, reciprocity, castling, hocus-pocus, interchangeableness, interchangeability, recombination, combination 48, 84, barter, tit for tat, cross fire, battledore and shuttlecock, quid pro quo
V. interchange, exchange, counterchange, bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute, give and take, return the compliment, play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock, retaliate, requite, rearrange, recombine
Adj. interchanged, substituted, reciprocal, vicarious, mutual, subdititious, commutative, interchangeable, intercurrent, combinatorial, recombinant
Adv. in exchange, instead, vice versa, in place of, mutatis mutandis, in lieu of, backwards and forwards, in the stead of, by turns, in the room of, turn and turn about, faute de mieux, each in his turn, 2, everyone in his turn, complex change
Transfer Roget’s Thesaurus §783
N. transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, # abalienation, demise, limitation, conveyancing, transmission, enfeoffment, bargain and sale, lease and release, exchange, barter, substitution, succession, reversion, shifting use, shifting trust, devolution
V. transfer, convey, alienate, alien, assign, grant, consign, make over, hand over, pass, hand, transmit, negotiate, hand down, exchange, change hands, change hands from one to another, devolve, succeed, come into possession, abalienate, disinherit, dispossess, substitute
Phr. estate coming into possession
Barter Roget’s Thesaurus §794
N. barter, exchange, scorse|, truck system, # interchange, a roland for an oliver, quid pro quo, commutation, composition, indian gift, trade, commerce, mercature|, buying and selling, bargain and sale, traffic, business, nundination|, custom, shopping, commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery, deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain, free trade
V. barter, exchange, swap, swop, truck, scorse|, interchange, commutate, compound for, trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate|, carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade, be in business, be in the city, keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in, trade with, deal with, have dealings with, transact business with, do business with, open an account with, keep an account with, bargain, drive a bargain, make a bargain, negotiate, bid for, haggle, higgle, dicker, chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down, stickle, stickle for, out bid, under bid, ask, charge, strike a bargain, speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring, buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high, corner the market, rig the market, stag the market
Adj. commercial, mercantile, trading, interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale, wholesale, retail
Adv. across the counter
Phr. cambio non e furto
King James Bible KJV Bible
Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible
0 KJV and 4 BSB verses contain “Barter”
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.