bartering

Example Sentences

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In place of socializing, we’re using a parent community as a bartering platform.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025

Food comes from bartering with neighbors, or outlets like 99 Cents Only.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

While her career marched upward, his meandered; he worked for her parents and ran a struggling bartering venture before he found the military.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

“I find in my father's 1898 and 1899 ledgers where chestnuts used in bartering at the country stores were traded at $0.12 to $0.15 per gallon, for baking powder at $0.05 a pound,” he said.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

Kendra dumped her bartering items in the wheelbarrow.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull