barter system

collocation in English

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barter
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbɑː.tər/us
/ˈbɑːr.t̬ɚ/
the act or system of ...
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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofbarterandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Writing thus becomes a kind of good work that, through abartersystem, produces good trade which indirectly facilitates the writer's craft.
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The struggle between thebartersystemand the financiers is not my struggle.
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Thebartersystemhas a number of disadvantages.
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There are possibilities of trade expansion there, especially in regard to thebartersystem, if they offer payment in full.
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In a number of places, the economy of the eighteenth century was largely abartersystem, with little specie circulated on the "hacienda".
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The state employed independent merchants to run such commercial activities through abartersystem.
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Many businesses started to pay wages in goods instead, and a simplebartersystemdeveloped.
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I worked in the basement and would do work in kind, and he would let me use the camera... it was abartersystem.
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They started trading by way of abartersystem.
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They engaged in thebartersystemto trade goods, since cash was then very scarce.
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Thereafter, paper money increasingly replaced thebartersystem.
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The shop is notable for its use of abartersystem, whereby customers can exchange their books for credit against future purchases.
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It is also different from abartersystem, where property rights are central to the idea behind barter and exchange.
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A new economic system based on monetary exchange replaced thebartersystemallowing people the freedom to move about the empire.
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Before modern economic invaded them, they usebartersystem.
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The school operated using abartersystem(students traded labor hours for school) and remained nomadic until its conclusion.
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However, it is presumed thatbartersystemwas the only means of exchanging goods.
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Bartersystemis practiced here now also called mattachantha.
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In the trading of food commodities thebartersystemwas typically used for large orders.
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Travel to and from the remote village was difficult and abartersystemwas used.
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