barter
verb (used without object)
to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
was bartering
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past progressiveof barter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Louis Pommier, a French chef turned backpacker, was bartering his skill for attendance.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2020
In essence, he was bartering for his life.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2014
By then, the US-led sanctions were in place, and with its banking system frozen Iran was bartering tea from India in exchange for oil.
From Time ● Aug. 2, 2013
He was the first reporter to discover that proletarian Mexico was bartering expropriated oil for products from Nazi Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
I did not mention my agreement to my daughter at the time, not wishing it to appear to her that I was bartering her in return for a mere jewel.
From The Green God by Kummer, Frederic Arnold
