Bargain vs. Barter

Bargainnoun

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

Bargainnoun

An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.

Bargainnoun

An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price

Bargainnoun

A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.

Bargainnoun

The thing stipulated or purchased.

Bargainverb

(intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate

Bargainverb

(transitive) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade

Bargainnoun

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

Bargainnoun

An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.

Bargainnoun

A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.

Bargainnoun

The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.

Bargainverb

To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; - followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.

Bargainverb

To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

Bargainnoun

an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each;

Bargainnoun

an advantageous purchase;

Bargainverb

negotiate the terms of an exchange;

Bargainverb

come to terms; arrive at an agreement

Barternoun

An exchange of goods or services without the use of money.

Barternoun

The goods or services used in such an exchange.

Barterverb

To exchange goods or services without involving money.

Barterverb

To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.

Barterverb

To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; - sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.

Barternoun

The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.

Barternoun

The thing given in exchange.

Barternoun

an equal exchange;

Barterverb

exchange goods without involving money

Barterverb

exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money

Barternoun

the action or system of bartering

Barternoun

goods or services used in bartering

Barter

In trade, barter (derived from baretor) is a system of exchange in which participants in a transaction directly exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money. Economists distinguish barter from gift economies in many ways; barter, for example, features immediate reciprocal exchange, not one delayed in time.