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bartering

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verb

present participle of barter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bartering
Noun
No buying, selling or bartering. Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025 Whatever Putin is paying or bartering, the Ukraine war has been a bonanza for the Kim regime. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bartering
Noun
  • Between April and July, Russian exports to India rose nearly 60% from last year, according to India's latest trade data.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The partnership between two outsiders clawing their way in, joined by an equally canny journalist played by Claire Foy, comes to shape Fleet Street, the London thoroughfare where scribblers plied their trade, in Lamb’s and Murdoch’s images.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The California Gig Workers Union hopes to begin bargaining by the end of the year, CalMatters reported.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Alongside promotions and deadlines, many young women are also privately bargaining with time and their bodies.
    Anna Russell, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Costs for consumers in the Affordable Care Act marketplace have soared amid expiring ACA premium subsidies, and insurance affordability poses a political threat to Republicans during upcoming midterm elections.
    Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The company contends its plan serves the town, the residential marketplace and the interest of historic preservation.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • An agent who has paid for exclusive rights to a ZIP code has a direct financial interest in the homeowners in that territory transacting.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Kalshi Trading—and any other principal trading firm transacting on an affiliated exchange—would be forced to only engage with markets by quoting both sides.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Iran entered the war with its foreign commerce concentrated among a relatively small group of countries, leaving it with fewer places to turn now.
    Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Transport routes along the Danube are also disrupted, which will slow commerce and trade.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Furthermore, relationships themselves teach basic psychological capacities such as regulating emotions, tolerating disappointment, and negotiating differences—skills which therapy is supposed to cultivate.
    David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Iran and Oman are negotiating a deal to temporarily open the strait.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The other woman found a Mint Hill police officer directing traffic in the 10300 block of Idlewild Road and reported the incident.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The data centre question Testing will take place during evenings and nights in the winters of 2026-27 and 2027-28, when the volume of air traffic is lower.
    Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Zhu wants agents trading exactly those, starting with government bonds and money-market funds and moving to real estate and private credit, sold to banks as a service rather than built in-house.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Cam Miller cut The Dolphins moved on from a second backup quarterback, releasing Cam Miller less than 18 hours after trading Quinn Ewers to Jacksonville.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

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“Bartering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bartering. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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