Bar"ter (bär"t&etilde;r), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Bartered (-t&etilde;rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bartering.] [OE. bartren, OF.
barater, bareter, to cheat, exchange, perh. fr. Gr.
pra`ttein to do, deal (well or ill), use practices or tricks, or
perh. fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. brath treachery, W. brad. Cf.
Barrator.] 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.
Bar"ter, 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.
Bar"ter, n. 1. The act
or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of
goods.
The spirit of huckstering and barter.
Burke.
2. The thing given in exchange.
Syn. -- Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck.
