Trade vs. Barter

Tradenoun

(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.

Tradenoun

(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.

Tradenoun

(countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.

Tradenoun

(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.

Tradenoun

(countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.

Tradenoun

(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.

Tradenoun

An occupation in the secondary sector; as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.

Tradenoun

The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.

Tradenoun

Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.

Tradenoun

(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.

Tradenoun

A brief sexual encounter.

Tradenoun

Instruments of any occupation.

Tradenoun

(mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.

Tradenoun

(obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.

Tradenoun

(obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To engage in trade

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.

Tradeverb

(transitive) To give (something) in exchange for.

Tradeverb

To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.

Tradeverb

To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.

Tradeverb

(intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).

Tradenoun

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

Tradenoun

Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment.

Tradenoun

Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing.

Tradenoun

Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.

Tradenoun

The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.

Tradenoun

Instruments of any occupation.

Tradenoun

A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.

Tradenoun

The trade winds.

Tradenoun

Refuse or rubbish from a mine.

Tradeverb

To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business.

Tradeverb

To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.

Tradeverb

To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; - usually followed by with.

Tradeverb

To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter.

Trade

imp. of Tread.

Tradenoun

the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services;

Tradenoun

people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;

Tradenoun

an equal exchange;

Tradenoun

the skilled practice of a practical occupation;

Tradenoun

a particular instance of buying or selling;

Tradenoun

the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers;

Tradenoun

steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator;

Tradeverb

engage in the trade of;

Tradeverb

turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase;

Tradeverb

be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions;

Tradeverb

exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Tradeverb

do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;

Tradeadjective

relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce;

Tradenoun

the action of buying and selling goods and services

Tradenoun

the practice of making one's living in business, as opposed to in a profession or from unearned income

Tradenoun

(in sport) a transfer

Tradenoun

a job requiring manual skills and special training

Tradenoun

the people engaged in a particular area of business

Tradenoun

people licensed to sell alcoholic drink.

Tradenoun

a trade wind

Tradeverb

buy and sell goods and services

Tradeverb

buy or sell (a particular item or product)

Tradeverb

(especially of shares or currency) be bought and sold at a specified price

Tradeverb

exchange (something) for something else, typically as a commercial transaction

Tradeverb

give and receive (something, typically insults or blows)

Tradeverb

transfer (a player) to another team

Trade

Trade involves the transfer of goods or services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market.

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.