- present participle of barter.
bartering
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
When challenged whether he was coercively controlling couriers for his own ends, he said: "No, it's more of a bartering system. They want something and I want something. It goes hand in hand."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
In place of socializing, we’re using a parent community as a bartering platform.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2025
Food comes from bartering with neighbors, or outlets like 99 Cents Only.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
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
Her bartering and bickering had then seemed small-minded to him; now he was enough older to realize how valiantly she had fought for those under her care.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
