bartering

Example Sentences

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In September, the LA Card Show made its Dodger Stadium debut, drawing thousands of fans swapping and bartering trading cards.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

There’s also a bartering and swap group where folks negotiate clever exchanges: “I have an unused air fryer. You have an unused desk chair. Want to swap?”

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

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

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025

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

The wharf was a confusion of unloading and bartering.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare