Sentence examples for were barter from inspiring English sources

In times of plenty -- in other words, yesterday -- it meant the inspired cooking of times gone by, when meat was scarce, eggs were barter tokens and a chicken in every pot was wishful thinking.

He said 95percentt of deals this year were bartered.

During the fighting, large areas of the kingdom were bartered to the Boers in return for military support.

To control transfer of property, females were bartered, betrothed and married young.

The rest is barter.

The first step was barter.

The industry term for this exchange is barter.

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

Icon's business is barter, whose ancient skills remain surprisingly popular.

There are barter opportunities all around.

"These are barter shows," explained Scheimer.