Bar"ter , n.
1. The act
or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
The spirit of huckstering and barter.
Burke.
2.
The thing given in exchange.
Syn. -- Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck.
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.
Bar"ter (bär"t&etilde;r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bartered (-t&etilde;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.
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