Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's needs seldom matched exactly.
Source: tatoeba (53511)
Barter
//ˈbɑɹtɚ//
Synonyms for "barter" (124 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (62)
givegive in exchangegive title togive-and-takegivinghagglehandhand downhand onhand overhorse tradinghorse-tradeinterchangejobbinglease and releaselogrollingmake overmerchandisingnegotiatepass
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Noun(1 words)
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7 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
91 translations across 43 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- tregti noun (exchange of goods or services)
- ndërroj verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Arabic
2 entries- مُقَايَضَة noun (exchange of goods or services)
- قايض verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Armenian
3 entries- ապրանքափոխանակություն noun (exchange of goods or services)
- ապրանքների փոխանակություն noun (exchange of goods or services)
- ապրանքներ փոխանակել verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- sami' verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ба́ртер noun (exchange of goods or services)
- размя́на noun (exchange of goods or services)
- правя бартер verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
- разменям verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Catalan
1 entries- bescanvi noun (exchange of goods or services)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 以物換物 /以物换物 noun (exchange of goods or services)
- 以物易物 noun (exchange of goods or services)
- 實物交易 /实物交易 noun (exchange of goods or services)
- 易貨貿易 /易货贸易 noun (goods or services)
Czech
3 entries- barterový obchod noun (exchange of goods or services)
- směnný obchod noun (exchange of goods or services)
- výměnný obchod noun (exchange of goods or services)
Danish
2 entries- byttehandel noun (exchange of goods or services)
- tuskhandel noun (exchange of goods or services)
Dutch
4 entries- ruil noun (exchange of goods or services)
- ruilhandel noun (exchange of goods or services)
- ruilebuiten verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
- ruilen verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Finnish
4 entries- vaihtokauppa noun (exchange of goods or services)
- vaihtokauppa noun (goods or services)
- tehdä vaihtokauppa verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
- vaihtaa verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
French
2 entries- troc noun (exchange of goods or services)
- troquer verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Galician
2 entries- troco noun (exchange of goods or services)
- trocar verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
German
4 entries- Tauschgeschäft noun (exchange of goods or services)
- Tauschhandel noun (exchange of goods or services)
- Tauschware noun (goods or services)
- tauschen verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐍉𐌽 verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Greek
1 entries- ανταλλάσσω verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kūʻai verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Hungarian
3 entries- csere noun (exchange of goods or services)
- cserekereskedelem noun (exchange of goods or services)
- elcserél verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Indonesian
3 entries- barter noun (exchange of goods or services)
- imbal beli noun (exchange of goods or services)
- urup noun (exchange of goods or services)
Irish
1 entries- malairt noun (exchange of goods or services)
Italian
2 entries- baratto noun (exchange of goods or services)
- barattare verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Japanese
2 entries- バーター noun (exchange of goods or services)
- 物々交換 noun (exchange of goods or services)
Kaurna
1 entries- wakuinya noun (exchange of goods or services)
Khmer
1 entries- ដូរ verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Korean
1 entries- 물물교환 noun (exchange of goods or services)
Macedonian
1 entries- трампа noun (exchange of goods or services)
Malay
1 entries- barter noun (exchange of goods or services)
Māori
1 entries- tauhokohoko verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- byttehandel noun (exchange of goods or services)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- bytehandel noun (exchange of goods or services)
Persian
2 entries- مبادله noun (exchange of goods or services)
- مبادله کردن verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schacha noun (exchange of goods or services)
Polish
1 entries- barter noun (exchange of goods or services)
Portuguese
4 entries- bem noun (goods or services)
- escambo noun (exchange of goods or services)
- permuta noun (exchange of goods or services)
- trocar verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Russian
4 entries- ба́ртер noun (exchange of goods or services)
- менова́я торго́вля noun (exchange of goods or services)
- товарообме́н noun (exchange of goods or services)
- проводи́ть ба́ртерные сде́лки verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- trampa noun (exchange of goods or services)
- трампа noun (exchange of goods or services)
- trampiti verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Slovene
3 entries- blagovna menjava noun (exchange of goods or services)
- menjati verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
- trgovati verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Spanish
2 entries- trueque noun (exchange of goods or services)
- trocar verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Swedish
2 entries- byteshandel noun (exchange of goods or services)
- idka byteshandel verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Tagalog
1 entries- tuwayan noun (exchange of goods or services)
Turkish
1 entries- takas noun (exchange of goods or services)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đổi verb (exchange goods or services without involving money)
Yiddish
1 entries- אויסבײַט noun (exchange of goods or services)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
In primitive societies barter was used.
Source: tatoeba (239458)
All government is founded on compromise and barter.
Source: tatoeba (1856695)
Where did you barter them?
Source: tatoeba (1885414)
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