barantati

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Slovene

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian barattare.

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barantáti impf

  1. to bargain
    Pol ure je barantal za ceno, vendar je plačal le pet evrov manj.
    He was bargaining for three hours, but he paid only five euros less
  2. to deal, to trade
    Synonym: poslováti
    • 1877, Lavoslav Gregorec, Prvi splošni shod avstrijskih katoličanov in njegove resolucije ali sklepi in važniši govori na Dunaju meseca maja 1877[1], Maribor: Katoliško-politično društvo, page 46:
      Drugej kapitalskej skupini prištevamo denar raznih bank, potem denar privatnih oseb, ki ž njim na borzi igrajo, ali ž njim mešetarijo in barantajo, in naposled kapital nacijonalnih bank, ki smejo bankovce izdajati.
      The second capital group consists of money from different banks, then the money of people, which play with it on the stock market or job and trade it, and finally the capital of national banks, which have permission to issue banknotes.

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