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

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

I know that they do have costume houses that get them through bartering after a film is finished.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

Emenike was one of the few people for whom “to read” did not mean “to study,” and so they would spend hours talking about books, bartering knowledge for knowledge, and playing Scrabble.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie