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• BARTER (from Fr. barater, to truck, to exchange)

BARTER (from Fr. barater, to See also:

• TRUCK

truck, to See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange)  , the ex-See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of commodities for commodities, in contra-distinction to the See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange of commodities for See also:

• MONEY

money . See also:

• BARTER (from Fr. barater, to truck, to exchange)

Barter was the simplest See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of trading among See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive communities, but its inconveniences led, at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage of See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization, to the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of metals as mediums of exchange . Barter, however, is still very See also:

• COMMON

common in dealings with uncivilized peoples, and traders in many countries find that the most satisfactory method of effecting exchange is to furnish themselves with such commodities as weapons, tools and ornaments, which are more readily taken than money . For the See also:

• HISTORY

history of barter and the steps by which a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of currency was gradually evolved, see Mosinee . Consult also W . S . See also:

• JEVONS, WILLIAM STANLEY (1835-1882)

Jevons, Money and the Mechanism of Exchange; A . See also:

• MARSHALL
• MARSHALL, ALFRED (1842– )
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1755–1835)
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1818-1891)
• MARSHALL, STEPHEN (c. 1594-1655)

Marshall, See also:

• ECONOMICS

Economics; W . Ridgeway, Origin of Currency and See also:

• WEIGHT

Weight .See also:

• STANDARDS

Standards .