barter
bor ter
- n an equal exchange
we had no money so we had to live by barter - v exchange goods without involving money
- Low on cash in this wobbly economy? Maybe you can barter.
- This isn't an ordinary party--it's a pharming party, a get-together arranged while parents are out so the kids can barter for their favorite prescription drugs.
- Barter supposedly is a primitive form of commercial exchange that became outmoded centuries ago with the appearance of money.