German-English translations for tauschgeschäft

barterThe bartering which up to now has indeed been prohibited under law but has nevertheless been common practice has not been legalised by this directive. Die bislang rechtlich zwar untersagten, in der Praxis aber durchaus üblichen Tauschgeschäfte wurden mit dieser Richtlinie nicht legalisiert. We had no money so we had to live by barter.The man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.
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