Barter
['bɑːtə] or ['bɑrtɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an equal exchange; 'we had no money so we had to live by barter'.
(verb.) exchange goods without involving money.
編輯:谢恩--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
(n.) The thing given in exchange.
錄入:莫拉
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Make exchanges, traffic by exchanges.
v. a. Give in exchange, barter away.
n. Exchange, traffic by exchange.
艾德蒙編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to give one thing in exchange for another (with for away).—v.i. to traffic by exchanging.—n. traffic by exchange of commodities.—n. Bar′terer one who barters.
整理:肯尼思
例句/造句/用法:
- Their whole commerce was carried on by barter, and there was accordingly scarce any division of labour among them. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The trade that was going on in the ancient world before the sixth or seventh century B.C. was almost entirely a barter trade. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But now, come, grand-mother, I hope you like coffee as much, and pistolets as little as ever: are you disposed to barter? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- His opponent was the son of his principal warder, and was so imprudent as to give the challenge to this barter of buffets. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The usual instrument of commerce having lost its value, no exchanges could be made but either by barter or upon credit. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Let men defraud you in life's barter, And you will be—a social martyr. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- You shall not have it without a fair barter. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
整理:蒂娜