单词	barter
释义	barter1 verbbarter2 noun barterbar‧ter1 /ˈbɑːtə $ ˈbɑːrtər/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINbarter1 Origin: 1400-1500 French barater ‘to cheat, exchange, barter’ Verb Table VERB TABLE barter Simple Form Present I, you, we, they barter he, she, it barters Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they bartered Present perfect I, you, we, they have bartered he, she, it has bartered Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had bartered Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will barter Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have bartered Continuous Form Present I am bartering he, she, it is bartering you, we, they are bartering Past I, he, she, it was bartering you, we, they were bartering Present perfect I, you, we, they have been bartering he, she, it has been bartering Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been bartering Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be bartering Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been bartering Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES In the local market, meat and vegetables are bartered for electrical goods. She had some success in bartering with her guards. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Eventually money becomes worthless, and people are forced to barter or substitute with other sorts of currencies, like cigarettes. In diverse cultures men pursue and acquire, while women are protected and bartered. Meagre amounts of food were bartered by the less unfortunate to the starving in return for land and equipment. The strategy of bartering, mentioned earlier is one way to rein in the cost of a date. They had to grow, make, or barter for most of what they needed. They were bartered for Western currency, sold by families desperate for money to buy food. You are carrying on a business if you sell or barter any of the livestock or their produce. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto exchange one thing for another► exchange to give something to someone and receive a similar thing from them at the same time: exchange addresses/telephone numbers: · We exchanged addresses and phone numbers.exchange something for something: · Foreign currency can be exchanged for sterling at any bank. ► swap informal to exchange something with someone, especially with someone you know well, so that you each get something that you want: · Jacky had the book I wanted, but wasn't willing to swap.swap something with somebody: · Taylor offered to swap jobs with me.swap something for something: · I'm trying to sell my bike, or swap it for a slightly bigger one. ► trade especially American to exchange something that you have for something that someone else has: · We liked each other's clothes, so we traded.trade something for something: · The West is accused of trading weapons for hostages.I'll trade you spoken (=say this when you want to exchange something): · I'll trade you my baseball for those two cars. ► do a swap British an informal expression: if two people do a swap with each other they exchange things so that they each get what they want: do a swap with somebody: · If you can't work a particular shift, you can always do a swap with a colleague. ► trade in to give your old car, washing machine etc to the shop that you are buying a new one from, so that they will let you buy the new one for a slightly lower price: trade in something: · You can get quite good price reductions on new cars if you trade in your old one.trade something/it/them in: · My car was now six years old, so I traded it in and got a newer one.trade in something for: · They traded in their Porsche for a family car. ► change British /exchange American to exchange something you have bought or chosen because you have decided you want something different or because there is something wrong with it: · If the trousers are the wrong size you can always change them.change something for something: · Can I exchange this sweater for a black one? ► barter to exchange something that you have for something that you want or need without giving or taking money for it: barter something for something: · In the local market, meat and vegetables are bartered for electrical goods.barter with: · She had some success in bartering with her guards. ► switch to exchange something so that two or more things or people change the places that they are in: · He was accused of switching the price labels on goods.· Professor Rigby's talk may be switched to the main hall.switch seats/places: · We switched seats halfway through the show. ► change places to exchange the place you are standing or sitting on with another person: change places with: · Would you mind changing places with me? ► change partners if a group of people who are dancing change partners , they stop dancing with one person and dance with another person in the group: · We agreed to change partners after a couple of dances. to exchange goods, work, or services for other goods or services rather than for moneybarter (with somebody) for something I had to barter with the locals for food.barter something for something They bartered their grain for salt. barter1 verbbarter2 noun barterbarter2 noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Beads were used as barter in the early days of settlement. Many Soviet citizens were able to get what they needed by barter. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Experts say most of these freebies are really a form of barter. If people want to exchange any goods, they will do so by barter. In the barter system of the plains, five tipi poles might equal one horse. Money itself might disappear in some places, to be replaced by barter. The old system of barter I suppose. We are not paying any taxes and keep afloat only with the help of barter deals. We can therefore conclude that in these societies a different system of exchange or barter was used for basic daily transactions. 1a system of exchanging goods and services for other goods and services rather than using money:  Trading was carried out under a barter system.2goods or services that are exchanged by bartering:  We used cigarettes for barter.
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