barter

immediate and direct reciprocal exchange of goods or services without use of money
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barter

Summary

barter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • barter is a type of trade[2].
  • barter is a type of gift exchange[3].
  • barter is a type of exchange of goods[4].
  • barter's Commons category is recorded as Barter[5].
  • barter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barter[6].
  • barter's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • barter's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[8].
  • barter's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • barter's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • barter's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[11].
  • barter's uses is recorded as tangible good[12].
  • barter's uses is recorded as service[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include trade[2], gift exchange[3], and exchange of goods[4].

Why It Matters

barter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[1] barter has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] barter is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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  12. [13] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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