scorse

CIDE DICTIONARY

scorse, n. [Cf. It. scorsa a course, and E. discourse.].

 Barter; exchange; trade.  [1913 Webster]
"And recompensed them with a better scorse."  [1913 Webster]

scorse, v. t. [Written also scourse, and scoss.].

•  To barter or exchange.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
•  To chase.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

scorse, v. i. 

 To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter.  B. Jonson.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

scorse

Barter

N barter, exchange, scorse, truck system, interchange, a Roland for an Oliver, quid pro quo, commutation, composition, Indian gift, trade, commerce, mercature, buying and selling, bargain and sale, traffic, business, nundination, custom, shopping, commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery, deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain, free trade, commercial, mercantile, trading, interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale, wholesale, retail, across the counter, cambio non e furto.

VB barter, exchange, swap, swop, truck, scorse, interchange, commutate, compound for, trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate, carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade, be in business, be in the city, keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in, trade with, deal with, have dealings with, transact business with, do business with, open an account with, keep an account with, bargain, drive a bargain, make a bargain, negotiate, bid for, haggle, higgle, dicker, chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down, stickle, stickle for, out bid, under bid, ask, charge, strike a bargain, speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring, buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high, corner the market, rig the market, stag the market.