Barter /(bär"tẽr)/

Bar·ter

Barter

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Bartered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bartering

  1. 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

v. t.
  1. 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

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.