Shortly after the call to prayer sounds from the lakeshore shrine, farmers and traders cast off on narrow skiffs to truck, barter and exchange.

湖畔神庙的唤拜声响过不久，农民和商贩在窄窄的小船上便把缆绳解开，买卖，易货，交换。

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As Adam Smith observed: "the propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals."

正如亚当·斯密指出的：以物易物，物物交换是人类共同的习性。这种习性，未曾在其他动物身上有所发现。

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Writers and artists can barter their skills, receiving a free room in exchange for approximately three days' work a week (outside the summer season).

作家和艺术家可以用他们的技能以物易物，得到每周大约工作三天换来的免费房间(夏季除外)。

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Both tax pros and financial service firms expect the new 1099-B, Proceeds From Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions, to cause mass confusion.

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As sales for money replaced barter, economic exchange became faster and more frequent.

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Others have dropped out of the money economy and rely on barter, through an exchange network that drew in as much as a third of the population at its peak earlier this year.

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