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countertrade

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: K AW1 N T ER0 T R EY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Exchange of goods or services that are paid for, in whole or part, with other goods or services.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: international trade

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To engage in exchanges of this kind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *dreh2- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade English countertrade From counter- + trade.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: разменна търговия (razmenna tǎrgovija) — International exchange of goods and services for others
  • Finnish: vastakauppa — International exchange of goods and services for others
  • German: Kompensationshandel — International exchange of goods and services for others
  • Korean: 연계무역 (yeon'gyemuyeok) — International exchange of goods and services for others
  • Polish: handel wymienny — International exchange of goods and services for others
  • Russian: встре́чная торго́вля (vstréčnaja torgóvlja) — International exchange of goods and services for others
  • Swedish: motköp — International exchange of goods and services for others
  • Ukrainian: зустрі́чна торгі́вля (zustríčna torhívlja) — International exchange of goods and services for others