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    barter

    US /ˈbɑrtɚ/

    ・

    UK /'bɑ:tə(r)/

    B2TOEIC
    v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To exchange objects without exchanging money
    He will barter for food this afternoon

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    Panorama - Ivory Wars: Out of Africa (12 Apr 2012) [BBC]

    59:10Panorama - Ivory Wars: Out of Africa  (12 Apr 2012) [BBC]
    • 'Barter boats like these are just one of the many vessels used to smuggle ivory into the country.'

      'Barter boats like these are just one of the many vessels used to smuggle ivory into the country.'

    • Barter boats like these are just one of the many vessels used to smuggle ivory into the country.

      Barter boats like these are just one of the many vessels used to smuggle ivory into the country.

    B1

    Peter Joseph - Where are we now? - London 2009-07-25

    08:56Peter Joseph - Where are we now? - London 2009-07-25
    • All goods and services are available without the use of currency, credit, barter, or any form of debt or servitude.

      All goods and services are available without the use of currency, credit, barter, or any form of debt or servitude.

    • credit, barter, or any form of debt or servitude.

      credit, barter, or any form of debt or servitude.

    B1

    Hamilton at the White House

    07:44Hamilton at the White House
    • The ten dollar founding father without a father Got a lot father by working a lot harder by being a lot smarter by being a self serving started by 14 they placed him in charge of a trading charter and every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up Inside he was longing for something to be a part of the brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow or barter.

      The ten dollar founding father without a father Got a lot father by working a lot harder by being a lot smarter by being a self serving started by 14 they placed him in charge of a trading charter and every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up Inside he was longing for something to be a part of the brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow or barter.

    • The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter.

      The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter.

    B1

    Young Dracula - BBC Series - Season 1 Ep 4 "Slaytime TV"

    28:11Young Dracula - BBC Series - Season 1 Ep 4 "Slaytime TV"
    • You go barter with the peasants for their finest television, and you clear up this mess.

      You go barter with the peasants for their finest television, and you clear up this mess.

    • You, go barter with the peasants for their finest television.

      You, go barter with the peasants for their finest television.

    B1

    When Money Is Corrupted - Hidden Secrets Of Money Ep 5 - Mike Maloney

    29:59When Money Is Corrupted - Hidden Secrets Of Money Ep 5 - Mike Maloney
    • Right at the very beginning of the museum, you walk in and it starts with barter.

      Right at the very beginning of the museum, you walk in and it starts with barter.

    • A system that relies on barter is very inefficient because you not only suffer from the problems of divisibility, you also rely on the hope that you will find someone who has a good or service that you need, who wants something that you have at the same place and at the same time.

      A system that relies on barter is very inefficient because you not only suffer from the problems of divisibility, you also rely on the hope that you will find someone who has a good or service that you need, who wants something that you have at the same place and at the same time.

    B1

    Amalfi Coast Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia

    05:08Amalfi Coast Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia
    • and merchants here had gold coins to spend, instead of the barter system used throughout the rest of Italy.

      and merchants here had gold coins to spend, instead of the barter system used throughout the rest of Italy.

    • instead of the barter system used throughout the rest of Italy.

      instead of the barter system used throughout the rest of Italy.

    B2

    The Philosophy of House of Cards – Wisecrack Edition

    15:43The Philosophy of House of Cards – Wisecrack Edition
    • Frank and Zoe literally barter for information.

      Frank and Zoe literally barter for information.

    • Frank and Zoe literally barter for information.

      Frank and Zoe literally barter for information.

    B2

    American fighter pilots battle

    43:56American fighter pilots battle
    • Natives pick him up and barter him to a friendly tribe for a sack of rice.

      Natives pick him up and barter him to a friendly tribe for a sack of rice.

    • Natives pick him up and barter him to a friendly tribe for a sack of rice.

      Natives pick him up and barter him to a friendly tribe for a sack of rice.

    B2

    Currency vs. Money - Gold & Silver: Hidden Secrets of Money Ep.1

    25:56Currency vs. Money - Gold & Silver: Hidden Secrets of Money Ep.1
    • You know, before we had currency we had barter.

      You know, before we had currency we had barter.

    • Before we had currency, we had barter.

      Before we had currency, we had barter.

    B1

    Höskuldur Eyjólfsson's 'Ashamed of being human'

    27:37Höskuldur Eyjólfsson's 'Ashamed of being human'
    • We have always had these problems because we have always lived within scarcity and barter and monetary systems that produce scarcity.

      We have always had these problems because we have always lived within scarcity and barter and monetary systems that produce scarcity.

    • and barter and monetary systems that produce scarcity.

      and barter and monetary systems that produce scarcity.

    B1