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noun

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as in trade

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verb

present participle of barter
as in bargaining

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bartering
  1. trade
  2. marketplace
  3. transacting
  4. commerce
  5. negotiating
  6. traffic
  7. merchandising
  8. retailing
Noun
  • Its shares jumped as much as 7.7% in morning trade before paring the gains to sit 4.7% higher at 1,508 yen.
    AFP, Fortune Asia, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Most economists, however, say across-the-board tariffs of 10% to 20% will almost certainly prompt reciprocal measures by other countries, resulting in slower trade and economic activity and higher prices for businesses and consumers.
    Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of trade
Noun
  • That, in turn, will drive more accountability within the marketplace while raising the bar for software quality and security in a manner that benefits everyone.
    Mario Vuksan, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The Ticket Act was written with the intent to protect consumers and add more transparency to the ticketing marketplace.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of marketplace
Verb
  • The new rules will also impact businesses transacting with SMEs.
    Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Except that buyers and sellers alike increasingly disdain transacting with and selling for cash.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of transacting
Noun
  • There is also tension between health and commerce interests.
    Emily Brooks, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Jennifer Hussein is a commerce writer at Allure, where she's been finding the best beauty deals and sales for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Amazon Prime Day for the past three years.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of commerce
Verb
  • Alonso's market was once seen as a bit competitive with a few teams reportedly negotiating with him.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • However, the deal could give Discover better leverage in negotiating prices with the two dominant network players.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of negotiating
Noun
  • The fire forced the closure of eastbound and westbound traffic on Pico.
    Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
  • About two-thirds of the traffic in the canal is either headed for or leaving the United States, though ships from all over the world use the waterway each day, according to the Panama Canal Authority.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of traffic
Noun
  • And each year Carey knows how to capitalize during the Christmas season, from her holiday tour to TV specials to merchandising.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
  • One of Concepts’ strengths is its merchandising strategy.
    Layla Ilchi, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of merchandising
Noun
  • But extremely low prices are not a bragging point, Jeff Lenard, vice president of strategic initiatives at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), a global trade association for advancing convenience and fuel retailing, wrote in his September blog.
    Deena Zaidi, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Retailers and e-commerce platforms create much excitement around shopping holidays, and Cyber Monday is only a day dreamed up in 2005 by the National Retail Federation to rev up online retailing.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of retailing
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