barter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: barter	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for barter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barter n an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" Synonym(s): barter, swap, swop, trade v exchange goods without involving money
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barter \Bar"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bartered} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bartering}.] [OE. bartren, OF. barater, bareter, to cheat, exchange, perh. fr. Gr. [?] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barter \Bar"ter\, n. 1. The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods. The spirit of huckstering and barter. --Burke. 2. The thing given in exchange. Syn: Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck.