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
For the moment she felt that she would gladly have bartered away twenty years of her life to know exactly whence had come that quaint and drawling voice.
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
We could not help wishing upon the occasion that Alonzo could have bartered a portion of his judgment for a share of the physical powers of Zanga; both would profit by the exchange.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
