bartered

verb

past tense of barter
as in traded

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  1. traded
  2. bargained
  3. negotiated
  4. transacted
  5. exchanged
  6. dealt
  7. trafficked
  8. swapped
Verb
  • The next season Padover traded for Allisha Gray for two draft picks, giving the Dream a solid foundation with Gray, Howard and Hillmon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Since then, the shop and Clarkson have traded messages on social media.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of traded
Verb
  • Salary caps in the NFL, NBA and NHL, along with the luxury-tax system in MLB, are lawful because they’ve been collectively bargained.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The Jefferson County Education Association bargained the provisions after Evergreen became the district's third school shooting, following Columbine High School in 1999 and Deer Creek Middle School in 2010.
    — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bargained
Verb
  • The deal was negotiated by Bressack and Matthew Helderman, CEO and co-founder of BondIt and Buffalo 8.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The women negotiated a lease and arranged to meet him at his home.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of negotiated
Verb
  • At least 44 of the users on the leaderboard transacted through Binance prior to purchasing $TRUMP, the analysis found.
    — Madeleine May, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The bulk of the trades – about 125 puts with strikes from 2,250 to 2,500 – were transacted closer to the ask, suggesting they were bought.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of transacted
Verb
  • Jackson struck Chubb after the two exchanged words following the Bills' 37-34 overtime victory over the Rams at SoFi Stadium.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In sharp contrast to sprawling industry conferences or high-volume networking mixers where business cards are exchanged in seven-minute increments, these occasions are engineered for depth, the co-founders said.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of exchanged
Verb
  • William Contreras was coming off an All-Star season when Atlanta dealt him to Milwaukee as part of a December 2022 three-team trade in which the Braves also acquired Sean Murphy from the Athletics.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Douglas said Cameron was addicted to cocaine and heroin, dealt methamphetamine and carried a Glock for protection.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of dealt
Verb
  • The parks offer a diverse range of experiences and, of course, not all are as trafficked as the most popular ones.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
  • In the 1990s, Nigerian rings often trafficked drugs from Southeast Asia to Chicago via couriers, according to the Justice Department.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of trafficked
Verb
  • Roberts had swapped Hernández and slumping Will Smith in the batting order, moving Hernández up to third and Smith down to fifth.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Factories first swapped the central steam plant that drove every machine through a system of rotating shafts for an electric motor.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of swapped
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“Bartered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bartered. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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