| Barter | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bartered (bär"t&etilde_;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] |
| Barter | 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 ] |