Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Barter

Nouns
  • barter, exchange, scorse, truck system
  • interchange etc. [Double or mutual change.] Interchange. a Roland for an Oliver
  • quid pro quo
  • commutation, composition
  • Indian gift [U.S.]. trade, commerce, mercature, buying and selling, bargain and sale
  • traffic, business, nundination, custom, shopping
  • commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery. deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain. free trade.
Verbs
  • barter, exchange, swap, swop, truck, scorse
  • interchange etc. [Double or mutual change.] Interchange
  • commutate etc. (substitute) [Change of one thing for another.] Substitution
  • compound for. trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate
  • carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade
  • be in business, be in the city
  • keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in. trade with, deal with, have dealings with
  • transact business with, do business with
  • open an account with, keep an account with. bargain
  • drive a bargain, make a bargain
  • negotiate, bid for
  • haggle, higgle
  • dicker [U.S.]
  • chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down
  • stickle, stickle for
  • out bid, under bid
  • ask, charge
  • strike a bargain etc. (contract) Compact. speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring
  • buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high
  • corner the market
  • rig the market, stag the market.
Adjectives
  • commercial, mercantile, trading
  • interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale. wholesale, retail.
Adverbs
  • across the counter.