Sentence examples for barter it from inspiring English sources

"To see that there are people who would take something that they know is held in such sacred esteem and barter it is a dismaying experience".

In 1990, Gabriel Metsu's "Woman Reading a Letter," which had been stolen in Dublin in 1986, turned up in Istanbul, in the hands of a thief trying to barter it for a shipment of heroin.

On those issues I thought he lacked a commitment to justice -- or was prepared to barter it away for the political advantage of countering right-wing charges that Democrats are soft on crime.

That's the trouble with barter: It's rare that the person who has the watch I covet will want any of the things I want to unload.

Love is not something you can buy or barter, it is not taught at school, it doesn't matter how rich you are, your IQ, race, creed, religion, social economic status or who you know.

It was then that Colbert began to barter: "It's Mardi Gras; if you throw me beads, I'll show you my tits!" He also offered to Xerox the painting and sell two for double the price, explaining that since the original was "basically made at Kinkos" this would be no problem.

Through bartering, it traded in those for eight slots spread throughout the day.

Although Yahoo! has dabbled in virtual bartering, it lags badly behind eBay.

This surfeit of turtle irritated Nicolls's superiors and the Lords of the Admiralty, and when an admiral ordered Nicolls to stop feeding turtle to prisoners, he started selling or bartering it to visiting ships.

It is done as a sort of barter when it is done.

Many economists criticize barter, saying it hampers growth.