Sentence examples for first barter from inspiring English sources

That first barter club started with just 30 members.

Chris Keogh, who runs his own construction firm, Jade Stone Construction, in Pearl River, N.Y., just completed his first barter transaction through International Monetary Systems (imsbarter.com).

My first bartering experience, in other words, was a bust.

IN HIS office above an ornate trading floor where agricultural-futures contracts were first bartered a century ago, Jorge Weskamp, chairman of Rosario's grain exchange, despairs at the state of Argentine farming.

Third, barter up a storm: By showing her that you are willing to suffer (by folding the laundry or sitting next to her in public), in exchange for her wearing more demure clothing, you may win a round.

These may at first be barter transactions that are not settled promptly by paying conventional money.

One of his first big barter deals involved swapping twenty railway cars of urea, a chemical used in fertilizers, for apples.

Onetime cabdriver made first fortune bartering oil contracts with Soviets 1980s.

Russian émigré and former cabdriver made first fortune bartering fertilizer and oil with Soviets in 1980s.

The first step was barter.

Second, a satisfied barter partner often refers cash-paying customers to the small business.