barter

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

an equal exchange“we had no money so we had to live by barter”Synonyms: swap swop trade

Verb (1)

exchange goods without involving money

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Barter \Bar"ter\ (b[aum]r"t[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bartered (b[aum]r"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bartering.] [OE. bartren, OF. barater, bareter, to cheat, exchange, perh. fr. Gr. pra`ttein to do, deal (well or ill), use practices or tricks, or perh. fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. brath treachery, W. brad. Cf. Barrator.] To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck. [1913 Webster]

Barter \Bar"ter\, v. t. To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor. [1913 Webster]

Barter \Bar"ter\, n.

1.The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods. [1913 Webster]

The spirit of huckstering and barter.— Burke.[1913 Webster]

2.The thing given in exchange. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck. [1913 Webster]