† ˈbartery Obs.
Also 6 bartry, 7 bartrie, -terie.
[f. barter + -y. Cf. barratry, and It. baratteria ‘bartring or chaffring one thing for another’ (Florio 1611).]
1. Traffic by exchange, barter; = prec.
| 1570 Act 13 Eliz. vii. §1 Using..the Trade of Merchandize by way of Bargaining, Exchange, Rechange, Bartry. 1662 Fuller Worthies iv. 8 By the bartery or change of Wares and Commodities. |
2. Wares for barter or exchange.
| a 1638 Mede Wks. i. xi. 45 They permitted a Market of Oxen and Sheep, Doves and other bartery. |