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

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

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

My courage failed me at the sight of a countinghouse or shop crowded with men, bartering and contending loudly with one another.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein