| 单词 | barterer |
| 释义 | barterer (once / 200328 pages) n A barterer is a person who trades goods for other goods, instead of using money. You are a barterer if you trade your scooter for a skateboard. The word barterer most likely comes from the Old French word barater, which means "to deceive." So barterers were probably thought to be untrustworthy in trade. Nowadays, though, a barterer is just someone who engages in trade without using money. This might be by choice or because of the tradition of a country or culture. WORD FAMILYbarterer: barterers+/barter: bartered, barterer, bartering, barters USAGE EXAMPLESAnd US serial barterers should beware, says Robert Wood, a tax lawyer and contributor to Forbes.com. BBC(Mar 26, 2015) His impulse is to drive them forth with blows and reproaches from His presence, as once already He has driven the barterers from the Temple. Maitland, Edward, The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edw...(2012) As snow-men resemble the snow, so did these bargainers, these buyers, sellers, barterers, pedlars, resemble the baked earth on which they squatted. Hichens, Robert Smythe, Bye-Ways(2010) n a trader who exchanges goods and not money Hyper bargainer, dealer, monger, trader someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold |
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