Antonyms for barter


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bahr-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr tər


Definition of barter

Origin :
  • mid-15c., apparently from Old French barater "to barter, cheat, deceive, haggle" (also, "to have sexual intercourse"), 12c., of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Celtic language (cf. Irish brath "treachery"). Connection between "trading" and "cheating" exists in several languages. Related: Bartered; bartering. The noun is first recorded 1590s, from the verb.
  • verb trade goods or services
Example sentences :
  • They hit inter th' highway from Barter, that's what they done.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • Now came the Indians I had seen at the lake to barter for some flour and pork.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • In early times the father might sell his daughters and barter his sisters.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Let us not barter them for the poor comforts of this brief life.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • It looked like paltering and peddling, like sale and barter.
  • Extract from : « The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days » by Hall Caine
  • Barter returned to the porcelain slab banked with the lights and the keys.
  • Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
  • When will he give up––and what will his driver do when Barter relinquishes control?
  • Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
  • His task was to penetrate the hideout of Barter––and he was on the way there now.
  • Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
  • Barter had kept his own counsel for a purpose, but what was it?
  • Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
  • Far less, naturally, than Barter had made by selling his loot.
  • Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks

Synonyms for barter

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