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bartering

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verb

present participle of barter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bartering
Noun
Whatever Putin is paying or bartering, the Ukraine war has been a bonanza for the Kim regime. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bartering
Noun
  • The move seeks to turn up the heat on Moscow to end the war in Ukraine, but risks further destabilizing global trade relations.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But the Dolphins could offer to pay some of his remaining salary, in order to potentially secure a higher draft pick in a trade.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Contenders for the leadership of Brazil’s right wing coalition are already emerging and are bargaining for Bolsonaro’s endorsement for being presidential candidates in the 2026 elections.
    Adriana Carranca, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This can mean collectively bargaining with employers and negotiating wages.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Months after the 2021 policy implementation, Bueckers signed her first NIL deal, a multiyear partnership with apparel and sneaker marketplace StockX.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The company offers a marketplace for home equity loan originators to sell loans on the blockchain, as well as makes home equity loans, some which are backed by cryptocurrency.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There is only one vehicle in the United States transacting below $20,000 — the Mitsubishi Mirage.
    Robert Ferris, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Attribution models will break when one agent consults multiple data sources before transacting.
    Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Again, as new car sales in Europe are expected to decline, the industry’s growth will increasingly come from lifetime value—whether through connected services, feature upgrades or in-car commerce that extends the customer relationship.
    Hans Kristian Aas, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And honestly, because art is often tied in with commerce, commodification and fame, saying this can sound privileged, but art can be very necessary for people.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Traditional approaches focus on financial engineering such as negotiating discounts for long-term commitments, or on observability tools that track who is running what.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Teamsters announced on Facebook late Friday that their negotiating team has a tentative agreement for members to vote on, ending the strike and allowing next weekend’s Farm Aid concert to continue as planned at the U’s Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
    Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, social media platforms drive roughly 80% of total online traffic in the country and serve as vital channels for business and communication.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Spend some time worrying about that thing that’s actually quite meaningless, getting mad at that person cutting me off in traffic?
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Swedish buy-now, pay-later firm Klarna began trading on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday afternoon at $52, up 30% from its $40 initial public offering price.
    Julie Goldenberg, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Padres might come to regret trading Ryan Bergert and Stephen Kolek, but another trade deadline acquisition, Freddy Fermin, has provided a decent upgrade at a position of glaring weakness.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Bartering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bartering. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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