work exchange
Trade skills mutually
A work exchange is an arrangement where labor is traded for something other than wages—typically room and board.
Travelers often use work exchanges to extend stays abroad: I spent three months on a work exchange at an organic farm in Portugal.
The term also covers reciprocal labor arrangements between individuals or organizations, where services are swapped rather than paid for.
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- tradeExchange of commodities
- swapExchange one for another
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- hostelShared traveler lodging
volunteer · farm · farm stay · homestay · host family · skills · accommodation · mutual · cooperative · internship · help · community · helping hands · travel · room · board · gig · seasonal
work exchangewage labor
Work exchanged for payment
freelance work · contract work · gig work · monetary compensation
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