barter
verb (used without object)
to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
had been bartering
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past perfect progressiveof barter.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Mr. De Vries said his biggest frustration had been bartering with customs authorities.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2010
John Rodwell, the factor and his wife, emerged from the store and hurried in the same direction, followed by the Indian who had been bartering.
From A Mating in the Wilds by Binns, Ottwell
Max had been bartering fat-tailed sheep for goods with some of his customers and he wanted a herd.
From Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
Worse than this scurvily decimated condition of the people, was the intrusion of some unprincipled and unprivileged adventurers from Rochelle, who had been bartering fire-arms with the Indians for the Company's furs.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles
