Sentence examples for barter it for from inspiring English sources

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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.

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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.

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

If you need something to grow your business, but can't afford the expenditure right now, then find a way to trade or barter for it.

People are thus left to fend for themselves with small hillside plots and kitchen gardens, and by buying food or bartering for it on the black market.

On the whole, Ms. Tacreiter prefers transactions to be cash cows rather than items for barter since it costs about $1,000 a year to feed each cow and about the same amount for each of the two horses.

Last week, Mike Sonsini, a carpet cleaner from West Islip, N.Y., with a 6-handicap, held up a ticket to the Open and asked Black-bound golfers if any would barter a spot for it.

The barter arrangement for compensation makes it politically difficult for countries to enforce the U.N. sanctions against North Korea because they are seizing food destined for a country where starvation and malnutrition have taken hundreds of thousands of lives in recent years, he said.

Shari Troy, 46, a Manhattan theater professor who traded a kitchen table, two chairs and a microwave oven cart for two African masks, two wooden African statues and one African "statue slash bowl," said she bartered because it offered more chance for surprise than a straightforward cash transaction.

Use barter for business related expenses, but don't limit yourself, and also use it for personal expenses.

Gina LaValle of Arlington, Texas, is bartering for Christmas gifts for her four children, reports Marianne Martinez for CBS 11 News.

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