| 单词 | barter |
| 释义 | barter (bɑːʳtəʳ ) Word forms: barters , bartering , bartered verb If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money. They have been bartering wheat for cotton and timber. [VERB noun + for] The market-place and street were crowded with those who'd come to barter. [VERB] Traders came to barter horses. [VERB noun] Synonyms: trade, sell, exchange, switch Barter is also a noun. Overall, barter is a very inefficient means of organizing transactions. ...a barter economy. Collocations: barter economy The rules of the barter economy are so strict, can we afford to be friends with friends at all? Times, Sunday Times Some, rather mistaking the spirit of the vending machine barter economy, left dollar bills. Times, Sunday Times A preserve for the barter economy and the transaction sealed by a handshake, this small slice of the city has sustained a unique way of life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a sense, since the turn of the millennium, we've built a 21st-century version of the old-fashioned barter economy. Times, Sunday Times Of course, the modern barter economy cannot solve all of today's problems. Times, Sunday Times I wish our relationship didn't feel like such a barter system, based on owing and funding, guilt and expectation. Times, Sunday Times As well as brainstorming and proof-reading sessions, they recommend one another to customers and provide each other with professional services using a cashless barter system. Times, Sunday Times The two pariah nations, all but cut off from global trade, appear to have agreed on a barter system. Times, Sunday Times I'd go back to the barter system. Times, Sunday Times They started trading by way of a barter system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 以物易物 Japanese: 物々交換する |
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