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barterer

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bar⋅ter

  [bahr-ter]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
–verb (used with object)
2. to exchange in trade, as one commodity for another; trade.
3. to bargain away unwisely or dishonorably (usually fol. by away): bartering away his pride for material gain.
–noun
4. the act or practice of bartering.
5. items or an item for bartering: We arrived with new barter for the villagers.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME, appar. < AF, OF bareter, barater (see barrator ), with shift of sense

Related forms:
bar⋅ter⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. traffic. See trade.
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bar·ter   (bär'tər)   
v.   bar·tered, bar·ter·ing, bar·ters

v.   intr.
To trade goods or services without the exchange of money.
v.   tr.
To trade (goods or services) without the exchange of money.
n.  

  1. The act or practice of bartering.

  2. Something bartered.

adj.  Of, relating to, or being something based on bartering: a barter economy.

[Middle English barteren, probably from Old French barater; see barrator.]
bar'ter·er n.
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Cultural Dictionary

barter

The exchange of goods or services for other goods or services, rather than for money.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

barter  (v.)
c.1440, from O.Fr. barater "to barter, cheat" (1373), of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Celtic language (cf. Ir. brath "treachery"). Connection between "trading" and "cheating" exists in several languages. The noun is first recorded 1592.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: barter
Function: noun
: the art or practice of carrying on trade or exchange by or as if by bartering : exchange of one commodity or service for another —compare SALE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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