What is "barters"

Usage examples of "barters".

If they get too lousy I lay them off and get the Barters to find me some more.

Sometimes the BridgeBuilders had to hire men for short periods, but by and large the major part of the Barters' work was in hiring manual labourers for the track-work.

Bridgers, mostly, though with casteless ones mixed in, and Barters and people from Bottommost.

Her barters and outright purchasing done, she went back to her own corner near Magnus and Ace, to read through her new magazines (or pretend to) and wonder where the hell Banyon—the other Banyon—was.