barter for

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People could also barter for health services with seedlings or manure, to be used for forest restoration and farming.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

According to another legend, Brigid gave her father’s jeweled sword to a needy man for him to barter for food.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Some barter for medicine on social media or use herbal remedies instead as preventable diseases such as scabies spread due to a lack of adequate treatment.

From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2021

Young Frederick pilfered bread from his slave master to barter for lessons from poor white children.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2021

“Hey, Mom, can we barter for something like the old-fashioned Norvelt way?”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos