KnowraGift economyLinked fromLinked fromThe 30 pages that link to Gift economy, each with the reason it gives.All 30Related 14Narrower topic 7Compared with 9BarterCompared with: Unlike barter, gifts need not be matched by an immediate, agreed return.MarketCompared with: It organizes transfers through relationships rather than primarily through prices.CommodificationCompared with: Gift exchange organizes transfers through obligation and relationship instead of commodity pricing.CommercializationCompared with: It offers a contrasting basis for exchange that does not center market sale.CommodityCompared with: Gifts can circulate without being produced primarily for sale.Trade (commerce)Compared with: Gift exchange can distribute goods without the direct commercial terms characteristic of trade.Voluntary exchangeCompared with: Gift exchange can transfer resources without a negotiated market trade.AporophobiaCompared with: Cortina contrasts exchange-based belonging with the exclusion of those seen to offer nothing.ShoppingCompared with: Gift exchange meets some needs without a conventional buyer–seller transaction.