barter
Roget category 794
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.3. Interchange of property
#794.
Barter
noun
barter,
exchange,
scorse†,
truck system —
interchange
etc.
148.
a Roland for an Oliver —
quid pro quo —
commutation,
composition —
Indian gift [U.S.].
trade,
commerce,
mercature†,
buying and selling,
bargain and sale —
traffic,
business,
nundination†,
custom,
shopping —
commercial enterprise,
speculation,
jobbing,
stockjobbing†,
agiotage†,
brokery†.
deal,
dealing,
transaction,
negotiation,
bargain.
free trade.
verb
barter,
exchange,
swap,
swop†,
truck,
scorse† —
interchange
etc.
148 —
commutate
etc.
(substitute)
147 —
compound for.
trade,
traffic,
buy and sell,
give and take,
nundinate† —
carry on a trade,
ply a trade,
drive a trade —
be in business,
be in the city —
keep a shop,
deal in,
employ one's capital in.
trade with,
deal with,
have dealings with —
transact business with,
do business with —
open an account with,
keep an account with.
bargain —
drive a bargain,
make a bargain —
negotiate,
bid for —
haggle,
higgle† —
dicker [U.S.] —
chaffer,
huckster,
cheapen,
beat down —
stickle,
stickle for —
out bid,
under bid —
ask,
charge —
strike a bargain
etc.
(contract)
769.
speculate,
give a sprat to catch a herring —
buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market,
buy low and sell high —
corner the market —
rig the market,
stag the market.
adjective
commercial,
mercantile,
trading —
interchangeable,
marketable,
staple,
in the market,
for sale.
wholesale,
retail.
adverb
across the counter.
phrase
cambio non e furto [It].
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