Exchanges or trades something for something else without using money; the plural noun form for individual acts of exchange.
Third-person singular present of 'barter.' Comes through Middle English and Old French 'barater,' with the 's' marking either singular verb conjugation or noun pluralization.
The word 'barter' appears in legal documents from medieval Europe, proving that direct exchange has always been humanity's fallback economic system when formal currency fails.
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