barter

🇬🇧 UK/'bɑ:tә/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To exchange goods or services directly for other goods or services, without using money.

以物易物,进行实物交换

n.

The exchange of goods or services without the use of money.

物物交换,实物交易

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
barterother
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Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Before money existed, people relied on barter to exchange goods.

  • 2.

    The farmer tried to barter fresh vegetables for chickens with his neighbor.

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