bargain
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: bargains
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bargains
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bargaining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bargained
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bargained
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
gloss: An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
pos: noun
examples: […]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.
gloss: An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
pos: noun
gloss: A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
pos: noun
examples: to buy (something) at a bargain
At that price, it’s not just a bargain, it’s a steal.
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;[…].
gloss: The thing stipulated or purchased.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate; to haggle.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: They had to bargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug.
So worthless peasants bargain for their wives.
United we bargain, divided we beg
gloss: To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: agree
bargain
come to terms
contract
covenant
deal
do business
engage
guarantee
make terms
negotiate
promise
sell
stipulate
trade
Related words: haggle
pact
Derived words: bargain and sale
bargain-basement
bargain basement
bargain bin
bargain bucket
bargainer
bargain hunter
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
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
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