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.
