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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
What is the difference, please?
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
In what context?

I'd say usually "barter" connotes haggling/negotiation, goods more than services. "Trade" can mean "commerce", it can mean a straight exchange, basically the same things as "barter" but with less connotations of goods, more goods AND services, and less connotations of haggling/negotiation.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
(Of course that's just my general understanding and the associations I have, based on my encounters with those words. Others may see it differently. )
 

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Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
 
Sounds about right to me.
 

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Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
 
Doesn't barter also imply that neither of the goods being exchanged is currency? At least, that's how I've always heard the word used.
 

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Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
 
I'd say barter is one form of trade.

Trade is any sort of exchange from one entity to another. For instance, the field of "international trade" in economics covers goods, services, and even labor (in the form of immigrants) moving between nations. So any exchange that could be considered "economic" in nature (and a bunch that aren't) falls under the idea of "trade."

Barter, by definition (as ricree says), requires no use of currency to facilitate the trade of the goods or services. It also tends to have the haggling connotation that kq notes, but I don't think that's a necessary feature.
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 

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Originally posted by Jhai:
I'd say barter is one form of trade.

Trade is any sort of exchange from one entity to another. For instance, the field of "international trade" in economics covers goods, services, and even labor (in the form of immigrants) moving between nations. So any exchange that could be considered "economic" in nature (and a bunch that aren't) falls under the idea of "trade."

Barter, by definition (as ricree says), requires no use of currency to facilitate the trade of the goods or services.

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