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

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

Gutierrez said no one wanted to barter with Saldana for the instrument and that another homeless person eventually stole it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

As a panicked response to hunger and starvation, barter trade ran wild and private markets exploded in number and importance.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden