Hypertext Webster Gateway: "barter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barter \Bar"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bartered} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Bartering}.] [OE. bartren, OF. barater, bareter, to
cheat, exchange, perh. fr. Gr. ? 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barter \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
barter
n : an equal exchange; "we had no money so we hd to live by
barter" [syn: {swap}, {swop}, {trade}, {quid pro quo}]
v : exchange goods without involving money
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