'Barter' definitions:
Definition of 'barter'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Barter'
From: GCIDE
- Barter \Bar"ter\, v. t. 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Barter'
From: GCIDE
- Barter \Bar"ter\, n.
- 1. The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods. [1913 Webster]
- The spirit of huckstering and barter. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The thing given in exchange. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Barter'
From: GCIDE
- Barter \Bar"ter\ (b[aum]r"t[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bartered (b[aum]r"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bartering.] [OE. bartren, OF. barater, bareter, to cheat, exchange, perh. fr. Gr. pra`ttein to do, deal (well or ill), use practices or tricks, or perh. fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. brath treachery, W. brad. Cf. Barrator.] 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'barter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abalienate,
- abalienation,
- agency,
- alien,
- alienate,
- alienation,
- amortization,
- amortize,
- amortizement,
- assign,
- assignation,
- assignment,
- backscratching,
- bargain,
- bargain and sale,
- bartering,
- bequeath,
- bequeathal,
- brokerage,
- buy and sell,
- buying and selling,
- cede,
- cession,
- change,
- confer,
- conferment,
- conferral,
- consign,
- consignation,
- consignment,
- convey,
- conveyance,
- conveyancing,
- deal,
- dealing,
- deed,
- deed over,
- deeding,
- deliver,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- demise,
- devolve upon,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- do business,
- doing business,
- enfeoff,
- enfeoffment,
- even trade,
- exchange,
- give,
- give in exchange,
- give title to,
- give-and-take,
- giving,
- hand,
- hand down,
- hand on,
- hand over,
- horse trading,
- horse-trade,
- interchange,
- jobbing,
- lease and release,
- logrolling,
- make over,
- merchandising,
- negotiate,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- pork barrel,
- retailing,
- sale,
- sell,
- settle,
- settle on,
- settlement,
- settling,
- sign away,
- sign over,
- surrender,
- swap,
- swap horses,
- swapping,
- switch,
- take in exchange,
- trade,
- trade in,
- trade off,
- trade sight unseen,
- trading,
- traffic,
- trafficking,
- transfer,
- transference,
- transmission,
- transmit,
- transmittal,
- truck,
- turn over,
- vesting,
- wheeling and dealing,
- wholesaling