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| has gloss | (noun) an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" barter, trade, swop, swap |
| has gloss | eng: Trade is the voluntary exchange of goods, services, or both. Trade is also called commerce or transaction. A mechanism that allows trade is called a market. The original form of trade was barter, the direct exchange of goods and services. Later one side of the barter were the metals, precious metals (poles, coins), bill, paper money. Modern traders instead generally negotiate through a medium of exchange, such as money. As a result, buying can be separated from selling, or earning. The invention of money (and later credit, paper money and non-physical money) greatly simplified and promoted trade. Trade between two traders is called bilateral trade, while trade between more than two traders is called multilateral trade. |
| lexicalization | eng: barter |
| lexicalization | eng: swap |
| lexicalization | eng: swop |
| lexicalization | eng: Trade |
| subclass of | (noun) reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" interchange, exchange |
| has subclass | (noun) the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining) horse trade, horse trading |
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| similar | e/Barter |
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| similar | e/Trade |
| similar | e/simple/Barter |
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