Dictionary entry

Barter

Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːtə/

Pronunciation

/ˈbɑːtə/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဖလှယ်သည့်ကုန်ပစ္စည်း။ကုန်ချင်းလဲလှယ်ခြင်း။ (v) ကုန်ချင်းဖလှယ်သည်။

Definition

barter /'bɑ:tǝ(r)/ v (က) ~ sth (for sth); ~ sth (away) ကုန္ခ်င္းဖလွယ္သည္။ barter wheat for machinery ❍ ( fig ) barter away one's rights/honour/freedom. (ခ) ~ (with sb) (for sth) ပစၥည္းခ်င္း ဖလွယ္ေရာင္းဝယ္သည္။ The prisoners tried to barter with the guards for their freedom. — n [U]: The islanders use a system of barter instead of money.

Examples

  1. They got what they needed by bartering their livestock.
  2. [barter with] : We used to barter with the guards to get cigarettes.