bartered

verb

past tense of barter
as in traded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bartered
  1. traded
  2. bargained
  3. negotiated
  4. transacted
  5. exchanged
  6. dealt
  7. trafficked
  8. swapped
Verb
  • The video traded the genre’s typical easy-breezy style for a mashup of clips where flames rose, expletives flew, and Tiedemann flipped the bird toward the camera at every opportunity.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
  • When the game resumes today, he has since been traded to Boston, and takes over behind the plate for Reese McGuire, who has been released.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of traded
Verb
  • Like other major sports leagues, the WNBA’s eligibility rule is collectively bargained and thus protected by the non-statutory labor exemption.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The luxury tax was collectively bargained with a tax utilized to constrain owners from overspending the annual threshold.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of bargained
Verb
  • The deal was negotiated by Steven Bestwick of The Yellow Affair and Bill Guentzler and RJ Millard on behalf of Obscured Releasing.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Over the course of 23 bargaining sessions, the union and district representatives have negotiated on class size, wages and Special Education resources, among 57 total proposals.
    — Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of negotiated
Verb
  • Aggregated across 115 million American adults, the team puts the total consumer surplus at roughly $172 billion a year — value received and never transacted, comfortably more than the AI industry collected in American revenue over the same period.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For decades, billions of dollars in advertising have been transacted on Nielsen ratings that tabulate how many people saw a TV program or commercial, and, also on how many people of a certain age or gender did as well.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 May 2026
Definition of transacted
Verb
  • Bucci went there and quickly discovered that enthusiasm could be exchanged for access.
    — Gemma Redrup, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Davis exchanged vows with Goldblum in 1987 after meeting him on the set of Transylvania 6-5000 two years prior.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of exchanged
Verb
  • The settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced Friday, also dealt Gabriel Perez a three-year trading ban.
    — Collin Binkley, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The news shocked scientists and engineers across NASA missions, who were suddenly dealt a dose of uncertainty as their job security teetered in political limbo.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dealt
Verb
  • Those trafficked away from Chile have two identities, names, and nationalities, creating legal complications.
    — Ashoka, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Animals that have been trafficked are usually captured and transported in inhumane conditions, and some die during the journey.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of trafficked
Verb
  • Californians made up just under a quarter of the more than 56,400 people who swapped their out-of-state licenses for Gem State cards last year.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026
  • More than one OpenAI agent was involved in the hack of Hugging Face, and in at least one case the agents swapped notes on how to sneak into the company’s network.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of swapped
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