barter
Example Sentences
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Instead, they arranged to trade services through a barter system in which state-backed Chinese companies in Iran build infrastructure there as compensation for oil.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
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
Try to get a car at an auto rental agency without booking it online first; you might as well attempt to barter your watch and three chickens as payment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026
These findings suggest that the pre-Inca Chincha Kingdom may have built Monte Sierpe for organized barter and trading, and that the Inca later repurposed it for accounting and tribute collection.
From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2025
What we had saved had been taken from us, there was nothing more...nothing left to sell; neither youth nor strength left to barter.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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