noun
silent trade; dumb barter; depot trade
Anthropological term for a form of trade where parties exchange goods without direct contact, often leaving items at a designated spot. Rare in everyday language.
沈黙交易は、互いに顔を合わせずに物々交換を行う取引形態である。
Silent trade is a form of exchange where goods are bartered without the parties meeting face to face.
物々交換 is general barter, while 沈黙交易 specifically refers to the silent, indirect form of barter without direct contact.
Compound of 沈黙 (silence) and 交易 (trade), likely a calque from English 'silent trade' or German 'stummer Handel'.