barter
v. exchange goods and services n. exchanging of goods and services; trade | ||||
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Barter Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary |
| MONASH Marketing Dictionary |
Barter
an exchange in which one good is traded for another; money is not involved.
an exchange in which one good is traded for another; money is not involved.
| Raynet Business & Marketing Glossary |
Barter
the exchange of products and/or services without the use of money.
the exchange of products and/or services without the use of money.
Barter Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Barter
(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.
(v. i.)
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.
(n.)
The thing given in exchange.
(n.)
The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
(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.
(v. i.)
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.
(n.)
The thing given in exchange.
(n.)
The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
| WordNet 2.0 |
barter
Noun
1. an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
(synonym) swap, swop, trade
(hypernym) exchange, interchange
(hyponym) horse trade, horse trading
Verb
1. exchange goods without involving money
(hypernym) exchange, change, interchange
(derivation) barterer
Noun
1. an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
(synonym) swap, swop, trade
(hypernym) exchange, interchange
(hyponym) horse trade, horse trading
Verb
1. exchange goods without involving money
(hypernym) exchange, change, interchange
(derivation) barterer
| hEnglish - advanced version |
barter
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.
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.
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.
2. the thing given in exchange.
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.
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.
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.
2. the thing given in exchange.
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
barter
babhtáil
babhtáil
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Ffeirio
Ffeirio = v. to barter, to change
Ffeirio = v. to barter, to change
Barter Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
| maritime&shipping&trade |
Barter
Trade of goods for other goods without the use of money or a third party
Trade of goods for other goods without the use of money or a third party
| A Glossary of Political Economy Terms |
Barter
Trading of goods or services directly for other goods or services, without using money or any other similar unit of account or medium of exchange. Although barter represents the earliest form of trade discovered by primitive man that made possible a more extensive division of labor beyond the limited bounds of a family or small clan grouping, it quickly encounters some practical limits to its efficiency as the division of labor becomes still more extensive and more specialized. Bartering requires what economists refer to as a "double coincidence of wants." That is, for a voluntary barter exchange to take place, it is not enough for you just to find someone who has the exact good you want to acquire -- he must also happen to want to "buy" the particular good that you have to trade for it at the same time. Finding someone whose immediate needs exactly complement your own in this precise way may take quite a lot of searching, which is costly in terms of time and effort. The primitive partial solution to this matching problem is to make one or more intermediate swaps with still other people in order to acquire some other item that will be more acceptable to the owner of the item you desire -- but this will also tend to be very time-consuming. The more complex the division of labor, the more finely specialized the population's productive roles, and the more numerous the variety of goods and services produced in an economy, the more costly and cumbersome barter trading will become because the likelihood of any two people having a double coincidence of wants shrinks dramatically. History strongly suggests, in fact, that the (sometimes gradual, sometimes amazingly rapid) replacement of a barter economy by an exchange economy employing some form of money to facilitate trade is a near-absolute necessity before much economic development beyond a rather primitive tribal level can occur.
Trading of goods or services directly for other goods or services, without using money or any other similar unit of account or medium of exchange. Although barter represents the earliest form of trade discovered by primitive man that made possible a more extensive division of labor beyond the limited bounds of a family or small clan grouping, it quickly encounters some practical limits to its efficiency as the division of labor becomes still more extensive and more specialized. Bartering requires what economists refer to as a "double coincidence of wants." That is, for a voluntary barter exchange to take place, it is not enough for you just to find someone who has the exact good you want to acquire -- he must also happen to want to "buy" the particular good that you have to trade for it at the same time. Finding someone whose immediate needs exactly complement your own in this precise way may take quite a lot of searching, which is costly in terms of time and effort. The primitive partial solution to this matching problem is to make one or more intermediate swaps with still other people in order to acquire some other item that will be more acceptable to the owner of the item you desire -- but this will also tend to be very time-consuming. The more complex the division of labor, the more finely specialized the population's productive roles, and the more numerous the variety of goods and services produced in an economy, the more costly and cumbersome barter trading will become because the likelihood of any two people having a double coincidence of wants shrinks dramatically. History strongly suggests, in fact, that the (sometimes gradual, sometimes amazingly rapid) replacement of a barter economy by an exchange economy employing some form of money to facilitate trade is a near-absolute necessity before much economic development beyond a rather primitive tribal level can occur.
[See also: money, transaction costs]
Barter Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English - Klingon |
barter
v. tlhong
v. tlhong
Barter Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Barter
- For other uses, see Barter (disambiguation).
Barter is a type of trade that doesn't use any medium of exchange, in which goods or services are exchanged for other goods and/or services. It can be bilateral or multilateral as trade.
Barter and money are different means of balancing an economic exchange. Barter is used in societies where no monetary system exists. When there is one, it is also used, especially in economies suffering from a very unstable currency (as when hyperinflation hits).
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