Barter vs. Negotiate

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.

Negotiateverb

(intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.

Negotiateverb

(transitive) To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.

Negotiateverb

(transitive) To succeed in coping with, or getting over something.

Negotiateverb

(transitive) To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.

Negotiateverb

(obsolete) To transact business; to carry on trade.

Negotiateverb

(obsolete) To intrigue; to scheme.

Negotiateverb

To transact business; to carry on trade.

Negotiateverb

To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm.

Negotiateverb

To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, convention, or other proposed agreement; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.

Negotiateverb

To intrigue; to scheme.

Negotiateverb

To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange.

Negotiateverb

To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.

Negotiateverb

discuss the terms of an arrangement;

Negotiateverb

obtain or bring about by discussion

Negotiateverb

try to reach an agreement or compromise by discussion

Negotiateverb

find a way over or through (an obstacle or difficult route)

Negotiateverb

transfer (a cheque, bill, or other document) to the legal ownership of another person, who thus becomes entitled to any benefit.

Negotiateverb

convert (a cheque) into cash or notes.