#794.  Barter.—­ N. barter, exchange, scorse|, truck system;
interchange &c. 148.
     a Roland for an Oliver; quid pro quo; commutation, composition; Indian
gift [U.S.].
     trade, commerce, mercature|, buying and selling, bargain and sale;
traffic, business, nundination|, custom, shopping; commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing[obs3], agiotage[obs3], brokery[obs3].
     deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain.
     free trade. 
     V. barter, exchange, swap, swop[obs3], truck, scorse|; interchange &c.
148; commutate &c.(substitute) 147; compound for.
     trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate|; carry on a
trade, ply a trade, drive a trade; be in business, be in the city; keep a shop, deal in, employ one’s capital in.
     trade with, deal with, have dealings with; transact business with, do
business with; open an account with, keep an account with.
     bargain; drive a bargain, make a bargain; negotiate, bid for; haggle,
higgle[obs3]; dicker [U.S.]; chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down; stickle, stickle for; out bid, under bid; ask, charge; strike a bargain &c. (contract) 769.
     speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring; buy in the cheapest and
sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high; corner the market; rig the market, stag the market. 
     Adj. commercial, mercantile, trading; interchangeable, marketable,
staple, in the market, for sale.
     wholesale, retail. 
     Adv. across the counter. 
     Phr. cambio non e furto[It].

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     #795.  Purchase.—­ N. purchase, emption[obs3]; buying, purchasing,
shopping; preemption, refusal.
     coemption[obs3], bribery; slave trade.
     buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee; patron, employer, client, customer,
clientele. 
     V. buy, purchase, invest in, procure; rent &c. (hire) 788; repurchase,
buy in.
     keep in one’s pay, bribe, suborn; pay &c.807; spend &c.809.
     make a purchase, complete a purchase; buy over the counter.
     shop, market, go shopping. 
     Adj. purchased &c. v. 
     Phr. caveat emptor; the customer is always right.

     #796.  Sale.—­ N. sale, vent, disposal; auction, roup, Dutch auction;
outcry, vendue[obs3]; custom &c. (traffic) 794.
     vendibility, vendibleness[obs3].
     seller; vender, vendor; merchant &c. 797; auctioneer. 
     V. sell, vend, dispose of, effect a sale; sell over the counter, sell
by auction &c. n.; dispense, retail; deal in &c. 794; sell off, sell out; turn into money, realize; bring to the hammer, bring under the hammer, put up to auction, put up for auction; offer for sale, put up for sale; hawk, bring to market; offer &c. 763; undersell.
     let; mortgage &c.(security) 771. 
     Adj. under the hammer, on the market, for sale.
     salable, marketable, vendible; unsalable &c., unpurchased[obs3],
unbought; on one’s hands. 
     Phr. chose qui plait est a demi vendue[obs3][Fr].