Thesaurus results for BARTERING

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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

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Noun

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 United States and China released Monday reciprocal lists of products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, in a deal expected to boost bilateral trade.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of trade

Verb

Yet one or more of the P5 could inject new names at the last minute, once again leaving the decision to behind-the-scenes bargaining among a few powerful states.

— Ian Johnstone, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
The California Gig Workers Union hopes to begin bargaining by the end of the year, CalMatters reported.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of bargaining

Noun

In a year, Chinese models’ global usage skyrocketed from less than 15% to over 54% last week, led by DeepSeek, according to AI leaderboard data by OpenRouter, a marketplace for models.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Nicole Bachaud, labor economist at online employment marketplace ZipRecruiter, is seeing salaries even higher for more specialized, high skill roles.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of marketplace

Verb

Some commentators have said the move will encourage people to return to transacting in cash.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
An agent who has paid for exclusive rights to a ZIP code has a direct financial interest in the homeowners in that territory transacting.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of transacting

Noun

The surge in activity reflects a growing trend toward online commerce, as more small businesses and consumers turn to social media platforms like TikTok to buy and sell goods.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
As commerce secretary and later as ambassador to China, one of us, Gary Locke, worked to reform America’s export control system to better protect sensitive technologies.

— Patrick McHenry, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of commerce

Verb

Over seven episodes, the candidates take on the actual work of a broker, negotiating multimillion-euro deals and handling discerning clients.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026
To insulate its power consumers, TVA is negotiating cost-sharing agreements with commercial partners.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiating

Noun

Expecting heavy traffic on the site, the archive has outsourced the database to external servers to avoid overloading its own.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
The old, narrow streets are not major arteries and are easier to close to traffic when that’s needed.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of traffic

Verb

After recently visiting Micron headquarters in Boise, Idaho, Jim was even more convinced that the chipmaker is trading too inexpensively at only six times fiscal 2027 earnings estimates.

— Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Homeowners are trading cookie-cutter interiors for rooms that feel unmistakably their own, and the main character home decor trend is leading the shift.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026

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