barter

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Plus, it creates new headaches for companies, many of which would likely jockey for workarounds as the administration has shown a willingness to barter tariffs for other commitments, he adds.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

The victim had left a trading card show in Orange County that day and visited the Olympic Boulevard shop looking to barter, he told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Together, the data support a new interpretation of Monte Sierpe as an Indigenous center for barter and exchange that may have evolved into an accounting system under Inca rule.

From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2025

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

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

“But I think I’d have to barter my soul for such an acquisition.”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray