Thesaurus results for BARTERING

bartering 1 of 2

noun

as in trade

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bartering

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verb

present participle of barter

as in bargaining

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Recent Examples of bartering

Noun

No buying, selling or bartering. — Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025 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 Charlotte Hornets coach is already impressed with the demeanor and mentality of Naz Reid, the player swapped along with draft pick compensation in the trade sending LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to Minnesota.

— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
John Schreiber The MLB trade deadline is always kind to high-leverage relievers.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Definition of trade

Verb

The restaurant’s cliff divers, magicians, puppeteers and roving performers have been bargaining with management for more than a year, after officially voting to unionize in November 2024.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 9 July 2026
The ruling also reflected Sotomayor’s reasoning that owners and players were still bargaining in good faith and that salary policies were mandatory subjects of bargaining.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of bargaining

Noun

Of course, under whatever rules, Oscar validation can mean the difference between multi-platform distribution and oblivion in the American marketplace.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Chinese systems routinely dominate the weekly leaderboards on OpenRouter, a popular marketplace that lets developers mix and match models from different providers.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 July 2026

Definition of marketplace

Verb

Institutions that learn to act on that data, delivering the right guidance and offer at the right moment while making transacting easy, will win wallet share.

— JB Orecchia, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Under California law, companies that are suspended by state tax officials are legally barred from transacting any business.

— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026

Definition of transacting

Noun

Additionally, our commerce writers and editors have previously covered blind boxes and Labubus, including where to buy them and the best Labubu dupes.

— Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 16 July 2026
Individual and institutional confidence in the credibility of official data from the United States, the world’s largest economy, is the grease that helps keep the engines of global productivity and commerce humming.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026

Definition of commerce

Verb

Although Chism is on administrative leave, the deals she’s participated in negotiating on behalf of Wyandotte County will remain ongoing in her absence, the Unified Government told The Star after her arrest.

— Sofi Zeman July 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
Buyers in markets with dense new construction have taken note, walking into builder offices and negotiating across competing communities.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Definition of negotiating

Noun

Crocker, who survived the 1983 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, said that at this point an unconditional opening of the Strait of Hormuz to all maritime traffic should be the objective.

— Monica Haider, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
The additional funding will come from development and traffic mitigation fees rather than the general fund.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of traffic

Verb

Cavalry officers from around the world, including the United States and United Kingdom, argued strongly against trading their lovely mounts for new tanks.

— Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
The secondary transfer window opened July 13, and the front office has already made one move, trading McGuire to Houston for a GAM bounty.

— Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026