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
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
And I was mindful to do a good job with the marketing for Mrs. Wigginbottom—and leave time to barter biscuits for more newspapers and fatten up that orange tomcat on the back porch.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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