bar·ter /ˈbɑrtɚ/
 物物交換,實物交易(vt.)(vi.)物物交換,交換


 Bar·ter v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bartered (bär"tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bartering.]  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.


 Bar·ter, 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.


 Bar·ter, n.
 1. The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
    The spirit of huckstering and barter.   --Burke.
 2. The thing given in exchange.
 Syn: -- Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck.

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 barter
      n : an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by
          barter" [syn: swap, swop, trade]
      v : exchange goods without involving money