barter
verb (used without object)
to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
has bartered
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present perfectof barter (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has bartered natural gas for a Soviet steel plant and a Rumanian tractor factory, and used hard currency to buy more sophisticated Western technology.
From Time Magazine Archive
She has bartered her birthright of nobility and sold her soul to crawling sycophants.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann
But he who has bartered away his mats or his fishing-gear, must make other mats or fishing-gear for himself; and in so doing must, in some degree, further develop his aptitude.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
Alas, for him who has bartered conscience and self-respect to win a monarch's smile!
From Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History by A. L. O. E.
But he who has bartered away his mats or his fishing gear, must make other mats or fishing gear for himself; and in so doing must, in some degree, further develop his aptitude.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer
