Definition of barter | Bee Dictionary of English

Low on cash in this wobbly economy? Maybe you can barter.
This isn't an ordinary party--it's a pharming party, a get-together arranged while parents are out so the kids can barter for their favorite prescription drugs.
Barter supposedly is a primitive form of commercial exchange that became outmoded centuries ago with the appearance of money.

Barter Theatre celebrates 80 years
Barter Theatre hosted a birthday party Monday evening to commemorate its 80 year anniversary.
June 11, 2013 - WCYB 5 Tri-Cities
Barter Theatre celebrates 80 years
Barter Theatre hosted a birthday party Monday evening to commemorate its 80 year anniversary.
June 11, 2013 - WCYB 5 Tri-Cities
Barter Theatre has 80th birthday
The Barter Theatre building, dating to the early 1830s, began life as a church but has also been used as a town hall, a jail and an opera house. It became the Barter Theatre when it was approximately a century old.
June 10, 2013 - Bristol Herald Courier

Jim Buckmaster in Dallas Morning News
The idea that the British government and the Libyan government would sit down and somehow barter over the freedom or the life of this Libyan prisoner and make it form some part of some business deal . . . it's not only wrong, it's completely... Peter Mandelson http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mandelson&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHRg2BKrjYYpg3gmLH2RtYJGZybsg Wall Street Journal http://www.google.com/url?q=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704293604575343212654162140.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGLR2NDem4IascxV9wY6FHBWjLhOw Jul 5, 2010 8349 11735 barter In the last down economy, we saw the barter category rise," Mr. Buckmaster said. "It's especially good for people out of work or having trouble making ends meet."
Beck in Journal of Commerce
Whether activity is legal, illegal or paid for by cash, cheque or barter, the tax law requires the supplier to declare income,said Beck. "The act of offering a discount for cash is not illegal, what is illegal is not declaring the income...