barter
verb (used without object)
to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
have bartered
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present perfectof barter.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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For example, he supported abolition, but married into a slaveholding family and may even have bartered for slaves on behalf of his in-laws.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2016
While earlier refugees often brought some money with them, most of the latest immigrants have bartered their cash for their lives and must begin penniless.
From Time Magazine Archive
But alas, I would have bartered my high estate to be plain Jill to Hamlet’s Jack.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
I felt myself a sailor already, and would not have bartered the title for that of a Consul-General or Secretary of State.
From Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport by Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
The Infant would willingly have bartered his immortal soul for one lock off Di's shining head.
From Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) by Mary Cholmondeley
