What (who) is bargain - definition
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Bargain (disambiguation); Bargains
bargain
(bargains, bargaining, bargained)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.
At this price the wine is a bargain...
N-COUNT
2.
A bargain is an agreement, especially a formal business agreement, in which two people or groups agree what each of them will do, pay, or receive.
I'll make a bargain with you. I'll play hostess if you'll include Matthew in your guest-list...
The treaty was based on a bargain between the French and German governments.
= deal
N-COUNT
3.
When people bargain with each other, they discuss what each of them will do, pay, or receive.
They prefer to bargain with individual clients, for cash...
Shop in small local markets and don't be afraid to bargain.
= negotiate
VERB: V with n, V
• bargainer (bargainers)
A union bargainer said that those jobs have been saved.
N-COUNT
• bargaining
The government has called for sensible pay bargaining.
N-UNCOUNT: oft supp N
4.
If people drive a hard bargain, they argue with determination in order to achieve a deal which is favourable to themselves.
...a law firm with a reputation for driving a hard bargain.
PHRASE: V, ADJ, and N inflect
5.
You use into the bargain when mentioning an additional quantity, feature, fact, or action, to emphasize the fact that it is also involved. You can also say in the bargain in American English.
This machine is designed to save you effort, and keep your work surfaces tidy into the bargain...
She is rich. Now you say she is a beauty into the bargain.
PHRASE: cl PHR [emphasis]
6.
If you keep your side of the bargain, you do what you have promised or arranged to do.
Dealing with this dictator wasn't an option. He wouldn't have kept his side of the bargain.
PHRASE: V inflects
bargain
n. 1) a mutual agreement or contract between two parties which is voluntary and involves the exchange of consideration (money, goods, services, or a promise for a promise). 2) a supposed good deal.
See also: agreement consideration contract
bargain
I
n.
agreement
1) to drive; make, strike; seal a bargain
2) to meet one's end of a bargain
3) a hard bargain (she drives a hard bargain)
4) a bargain with (we struck a bargain with them)
5) a bargain to + inf. (they made a bargain not to cut prices)
advantageous purchase
6) to find, get a bargain
7) to shop for bargains
8) a good, real bargain
misc.
9) to make the best of a bad bargain ('to do one's best in a difficult situation')
II
v.
1) ('to negotiate') to bargain shrewdly
2) (D; intr.) ('to negotiate') to bargain for; over; with (we bargained with them for the property)
3) (d; intr.) to bargain for (BE), on (AE) ('to count on') (I wasn't bargaining on any trouble)
Pronunciation examples for bargain
1. Our bargain?
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
2. is an extraordinary bargain.
Experiential Wisdom _ Arnold Van Den Berg _ Talks at Google
3. bargain-bin tunes.
Rethinking Billie Holiday's Centennial _ Kim Nalley _ Talks at Google
4. of the bargain hunter."
The Devil's Financial Dictionary and The Intelligent Investor _ Jason Zweig _ Talks at Google
5. to bargain with myself.
The Minimalists _ Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of bargain
1. "You don‘t bargain with the presidential nominee.
2. Mazuz is leaning against a plea bargain with Olmert.
3. Hoyer said Democrats are ready to accept that bargain.
4. "Foreign residents are constantly looking for bargain properties.
5. What a bargain. 37billion to go from Wanless to clueless.