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
And sure enough the words were, After you have bartered for as many precious things as possible, you shall return home.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
If there was one to injure whom he would have bartered fortune and benefit to himself, it was he.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. by Charles James Lever
