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

A treaty which has bartered away their rights can not, will not, be submitted to.

From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Lossing, Benson John

In his dealings with the Uitlanders he has bartered promises and in return—circumspice!

From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir

None knows your value save her who has bartered you!

From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold

"See, he has bartered the Fathers of the Church for a set of empty backgammon boards, and lettered them with their venerable names."

From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life by Payn, James