barter

barter is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. 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.
3. noun. The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
4. noun. The thing given in exchange.
5. noun. an equal exchange

   "we had no money so we had to live by barter"

   Synonyms: swap, swop, trade

6. verb. exchange goods without involving money

Synonyms

swap, swop, trade

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in barter:

barret

Common word forms

barters, bartered, barterer, bartering

Words from these letters

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