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barter

Exchange of goods or services without the use of money. Exchanging ships for oil would be an example of barter. Children swapping cards is another example. On an international level, there are many instances of barter today.

For example, a deal between Saudi Arabia and British Aerospace involved British Aerospace exchanging fighter planes for Saudi oil.



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