- (v.i.) 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.
- (n.) The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
- (n.) The thing given in exchange.
- (v.t.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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