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bartered

verb

past tense of barter
as in traded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bartered
  1. traded
  2. bargained
  3. negotiated
  4. transacted
  5. exchanged
  6. dealt
  7. trafficked
  8. swapped
Verb
  • Unlike his stock holdings, which have been actively traded during this presidency, Trump reports purchasing bonds but not selling them.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Dressed in a black waistcoat and knee-high boots, Madonna traded verses with Carpenter, who wore a glittery ensemble along with a beret.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of traded
Verb
  • The Jefferson County Education Association bargained the provisions after Evergreen became the district's third school shooting, following Columbine High School in 1999 and Deer Creek Middle School in 2010.
    — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • There is money tied to this format through playoff broadcasts, and any change would have to be collectively bargained between the league and MLBPA.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of bargained
Verb
  • Rival Kalshi in April became the first exchange to complete a block trade, which are large transactions negotiated privately to avoid price volatility that are typical on Wall Street.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The plan is for housing on-site, but city officials stress the land is not being sold and is instead being negotiated as a long-term lease.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of negotiated
Verb
  • Aggregated across 115 million American adults, the team puts the total consumer surplus at roughly $172 billion a year — value received and never transacted, comfortably more than the AI industry collected in American revenue over the same period.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For decades, billions of dollars in advertising have been transacted on Nielsen ratings that tabulate how many people saw a TV program or commercial, and, also on how many people of a certain age or gender did as well.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 May 2026
Definition of transacted
Verb
  • Angry words were exchanged, then Slotnick approached the guard with lock in hand.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The two Democrats have exchanged a flurry of critiques throughout the campaign.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of exchanged
Verb
  • In addition to these moves, Charlotte also dealt guard LaMelo Ball to Minnesota for Naz Ried and Miles Bridges to Phoenix for Grayson Allen and Royce O’Neale.
    — Staff reports, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Abby meanwhile was killed in the upstairs guest bedroom, but hit first on the side of the head before being dealt a total of 17 blows.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of dealt
Verb
  • London’s Heathrow Airport has cozy but well-trafficked little nooks along their moving walkways.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • But in recent years, Fiji has seen a surge in intravenous drug use as the islands have emerged as a crucial transit point for narcotics being trafficked from the Americas to lucrative markets in Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Asia.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of trafficked
Verb
  • The researchers synthesized two iron tetra-azaphthalocyanines in which nitrogen-containing heterocycles swapped the peripheral benzene rings in conventional iron phthalocyanine.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
  • On Days of Ash, a drum performance or two was swapped out for a drum machine.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of swapped
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“Bartered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bartered. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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