| 单词 | to barter away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto barter away 1. transitive. To give (a commodity) in exchange for something taken as of equivalent value; distinguished from purchase and sell, which imply that money is given for the commodity. to barter away: to dispose of by barter; cf. also 2. Const. for (with obsolete) a thing, with a person. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > barter > [verb (transitive)] interchangec1374 changea1382 barterc1440 corsec1440 rore1440 truckc1440 coss14.. scorse1509 chafferc1535 to chop and change1549 chop1554 cope1570 excourse1593 swap1594 coupc1610 exchange1614 to trade off1676 rap1699 dicker1864 horse-trade1924 society > trade and finance > barter > [verb (transitive)] > dispose of by barter exchange1483 chaffer1530 to chop away1554 swap1590 truck1686 to barter away1690 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 25 Bartryn or changyn, or chafare oone thynge for a othere, cambio. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 444/1 It is a comen feate of marchauntes to barter [Fr. trocquer] ware for ware. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. vi. 9 But with a baser man of Armes by farre, Once in contempt they would haue barter'd me. View more context for this quotation 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. iv. 23 They, by frequent Commerce..barter and exchange commodities, each with other. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. (1960) ii. §46. 318 If he also bartered away Plumbs that would have rotted in a Week, for Nuts that would last good for his eating a whole Year, he did no injury. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Answer Melanch. Let. in Wks. I. 87 Barter for food the jewels of his crown. 1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea iv. 44 Those who have little merchandise to barter away. < as lemmas |
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