bartering

Example Sentences

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"I think there was a lot of bartering," captain McIntosh says, "trying to get good deals, where we'd get breakfast and tea included."

From BBC • Feb. 27, 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

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

After bartering with him, they climbed onto his rickshaw, and he pedaled away.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan