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

As she took to politics, he invested in the bartering franchise.

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

He assigned most of the crew to catch and dry fish in one ship while he puttered up and down the coast with the other, bartering for furs.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann