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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] bartren, from Anglo-French  bareter  to do [[business]], exchange, alteration of Old French barater  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] bartren, from Anglo-French  bareter  to do [[business]], exchange, alteration of Old French barater  

*Date: [http://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*to trade by exchanging one commodity for another

*to trade by exchanging one commodity for another

==Description==

==Description==

'''Barter''' is a [[method]] of exchange by which [[Things|goods]] or services are directly exchanged for other goods or services without using a [[medium]] of exchange, such as [[money]]. It is usually [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bilateral bilateral], but may be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateral multilateral], and usually exists [[parallel]] to [[monetary]] [[systems]] in most developed countries, though to a very [[limited]] extent. Barter usually replaces [[money]] as the [[method]] of exchange in times of monetary [[crisis]], when the currency  is unstable and devalued by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation hyperinflation].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barter]

'''Barter''' is a [[method]] of exchange by which [[Things|goods]] or services are directly exchanged for other goods or services without using a [[medium]] of exchange, such as [[money]]. It is usually [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bilateral bilateral], but may be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateral multilateral], and usually exists [[parallel]] to [[monetary]] [[systems]] in most developed countries, though to a very [[limited]] extent. Barter usually replaces [[money]] as the [[method]] of exchange in times of monetary [[crisis]], when the currency  is unstable and devalued by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation hyperinflation].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barter]

[[Category: Economics]]

[[Category: Economics]]