barter

See also: Barter

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old French barater.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːtə(ɹ)/
• (US) enPR: bärʹtər, IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹtɚ/, [ˈbɑɹɾɚ]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

barter (usually uncountable, plural barters)

1. An exchange of goods or services without the use of money.

   We had no money so we had to live by barter.

2. The goods or services used in such an exchange.

   The man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.

Synonyms

• quid pro quo
• swap
• swop
• trade

Translations

exchange of goods or services

• Bulgarian: размя́на (bg) f (razmjána), ба́ртер m (bárter)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以物易物 (yǐwùyìwù), 物物交換 (zh), 物物交换 (zh) (wùwù jiāohuàn), 以物換物, 以物换物 (yǐwùhuànwù), 實物交易, 实物交易 (shíwù jiāoyì)

• Danish: byttehandel c, tuskhandel c (exchange without money)
• Dutch: ruil (nl) m, ruilhandel (nl) m
• Finnish: vaihtokauppa (fi)
• French: troc (fr) m
• Galician: troco m
• German: Tauschhandel (de) m, Tauschgeschäft n
• Hungarian: csere (hu)
• Interlingue: troc
• Irish: malairt f
• Italian: baratto (it) m

• Japanese: 物々交換 (ぶつぶつこうかん, butsubutsu kōkan), バーター (bātā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: byttehandel m

  Nynorsk: bytehandel m

• Persian: مبادله‎ (fa) (mobâdele)
• Portuguese: permuta (pt), escambo (pt) m
• Russian: ба́ртер (ru) m (bártɛr), товарообме́н (ru) m (tovaroobmén), менова́я торго́вля f (menovája torgóvlja)
• Serbo-Croatian: трампа f, trampa (sh) f
• Slovene: blagovna menjava f
• Spanish: trueque (es)
• Swedish: byteshandel (sv) c
• Tagalog: tuwayan
• Turkish: takas (tr)

goods or services

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 易貨貿易 (zh), 易货贸易 (zh) (yìhuò màoyì)

• Finnish: vaihtokauppa (fi)

• German: Tauschware (de) f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

barter (third-person singular simple present barters, present participle bartering, simple past and past participle bartered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To exchange goods or services without involving money.

   She bartered a bonsai for one of the rare books in my library.

   You may be able to barter for some of the items you need at the local market.

Synonyms

• swap
• swop
• trade

Translations

exchange goods or services without involving money

• Arabic: قايض‎
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bau Bidayuh: sami'
• Bulgarian: разменям (bg) (razmenjam), правя бартер (pravja barter)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以物易物 (yǐwùyìwù), 物物交換 (zh), 物物交换 (zh) (wùwù jiāohuàn), 以物換物, 以物换物 (yǐwùhuànwù), 實物交易, 实物交易 (shíwù jiāoyì)

• Dutch: ruilen (nl), ruilebuiten
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tehdä vaihtokauppa, vaihtaa (fi)
• French: troquer (fr)
• Galician: trocar
• German: tauschen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐍉𐌽 (kaupōn)

• Greek: ανταλλάσσω (el) (antallásso)
• Hungarian: elcserél (hu)
• Interlingue: trocar
• Italian: barattare (it)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: tauhokohoko
• Persian: مبادله کردن‎ (fa) (mobâdele kardan)
• Portuguese: trocar (pt)
• Russian: проводи́ть ба́ртерные сде́лки (provodítʹ bártɛrnyje sdélki)
• Serbo-Croatian: trampiti (sh)
• Slovene: menjati, trgovati
• Spanish: trocar (es)
• Swedish: idka byteshandel

Anagrams

• Barret, Traber, barret

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Verb

barter

1. bite

References

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.