# bargain
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English bargaynen (“to bargain, make a pledge for sale”), from Old French bargaigner (“to bargain”), from Frankish *borganjan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, secure”). Akin to Old High German boragēn, borgēn (“to look after, care for”) (German borgen), Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge”). More at borrow.
Compare French barguigner and Portuguese barganhar.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bägən, IPA: /ˈbɑːɡən/, /-ɡɪn/
* (General American) enPR: bärgən, IPA: /ˈbɑːɹɡən/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡən, -ɑː(ɹ)ɡɪn
* Hyphenation: bar‧gain

### Noun

bargain (plural bargains)
* An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
** 1883, J. J. S Wharton, Wharton's Law Lexicon:A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
* An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
    Synonyms: contract, engagement, stipulation
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:[…] And when your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith, I do beseech you, Even at that time I may be married too.
* An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
    Synonym: steal
    Antonym: rip-off
* A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
    to buy (something) at a bargain
    At that price, it’s not just a bargain, it’s a steal.
** 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
* The thing stipulated or purchased.
    Synonym: purchase
** c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:If he say so, may his pernicious soul Rot half a grain a day! He lies to th' heart. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain.

#### Derived terms

* bargain and sale
* bargain-basement
* bargain basement
* bargain bin
* bargain bucket
* bargainer
* bargainor
* bargainous
* catching bargain
* drive a hard bargain
* Dutch bargain
* Faustian bargain
* fool's bargain
* in the bargain
* into the bargain
* keep one's side of the bargain
* make the best of a bad bargain
* plea bargain
* plea-bargain
* prebargain
* Queen's hard bargain
* rue-bargain
* sell bargains
* Smithfield bargain
* strike a bargain
* time-bargain
* time bargain
* wet bargain

#### Descendants

* Sranan Tongo: barki

#### Translations
### Verb

bargain (third-person singular simple present bargains, present participle bargaining, simple past and past participle bargained)
* (intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate; to haggle.
    They had to bargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug.
** 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. United we bargain, divided we beg
* (transitive) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade

#### Derived terms

* bargainable
* bargain agent
* bargain away
* bargain date
* bargain for
* bargaining chip
* bargaining power
* bargaining unit
* bargain on
* more than one bargained for
* outbargain
* prebargaining
* rebargain

#### See also

* haggle

### Anagrams

* Bagrian, braaing

## Middle English
### Noun

bargain
* Alternative form of bargayne

## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

bargain m
* inflection of bargan:
** genitive singular
** nominative plural