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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
bargain
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bargain price (also a knockdown/giveaway price) (= much lower than usual)
▪ We sell quality cars at bargain prices.
▪ The house is available at a knockdown price of $195,000.
a bargaining/negotiating position (=someone’s ability to bargain/negotiate)
▪ The new law has strengthened workers' bargaining position .
bargain basement
bargaining chip
collective bargaining
free collective bargaining
plea bargaining
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
faustian
▪ But relying on it is a Faustian bargain.
▪ The town has struck a Faustian bargain, they contend -- trading something of its small-town soul for success.
▪ In making a pact with this devil, Lancaster County made a Faustian bargain.
good
▪ Its price is expected to be about £12,000 - which makes the Reliant a better bargain that even Del Boy could afford.
▪ Meanwhile, coupons are an even better bargain.
▪ So scribble down that wish list and get surfing to pick up some of the best bargains around.
▪ Buy the size of egg that gives the best bargain. 4.
▪ However, a few years down the line, a heavily discounted car might not look quite such a good bargain.
▪ There may not be a better bargain in Indiana than outdoor recreation.
▪ Perhaps the next best bargain after such rooms in blocks of workmen's dwellings is a portion of a small house.
▪ But patience, even for two or three months, will be rewarded with even better bargains.
great
▪ So Henry had been dispatched to the Market to see if there were any great bargains.
▪ Even with shipping costs of a billion dollars per ton, helium-3 would still be a great bargain.
▪ It currently costs £25,200 in basic form and is therefore one of the great bargains.
▪ But the service is a great bargain.
hard
▪ Cravath could drive an even harder bargain than it had been able to before.
▪ Suddenly she holds some back as if still determined to drive the hardest possible bargain.
▪ This drove a much harder bargain and, it has been suggested, represents the moment at which Edward overplayed his hand.
▪ Don't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain.
▪ It could also be that Reilly, who has never knowingly sold himself short, is driving a hard bargain.
▪ The farmer had grown used to billeting troops and drove a hard bargain.
▪ So he was right to drive a hard bargain.
real
▪ And that's what I call a real bargain: something that's an improvement and saves you money.
▪ Whatever you choose you are bound to get a real bargain.
▪ You can still learn on these older boards and at as little as £150 they can be a real bargain.
▪ With a round costing just £12 on the main course, this is a real golfing bargain.
▪ Some real bargains lie in wait amongst the never-ending maze of stalls.
▪ However, by handling the machine with some software, Comet Data could have come up with a real bargain.
▪ A real bargain, with lovely owners, two beautiful overrun gardens and some quite well-preserved original features.
▪ Again, you can pick up some real bargains here.
■ NOUN
basement
▪ Yet it isn't a stripped-out bargain basement model.
hunter
▪ Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.
▪ For the bargain hunter, plenty.
▪ Ten-mile tailbacks blocked roads as bargain hunters sprang into action after three days at home.
▪ And sale of the century ... the bargain hunters out in force.
▪ Tokyo broke a three-day losing streak as the bargain hunters picked up blue chips and tech stocks, writes Ken Hijino.
plea
▪ With their case in trouble, prosecutors agreed to a plea bargain.
▪ A source close to the defense team said the no contest plea was a key element in plea bargain negotiations.
▪ Within this context, many observers were not surprised that the prosecuting authorities reached an unusual plea bargain arrangement with Kanemaru.
▪ Herbert 92X refused to accept a plea bargain, since he regarded what had happened as an accident.
▪ The division decides which cases to prosecute, plea bargain or drop.
▪ She accepted a plea bargain and received a general discharge under honorable conditions.
price
▪ A bargain price may well attract considerable sales and at the same time discourage competitors.
▪ Any program that can satisfy so many wants at such a bargain price is guaranteed a very loyal constituency.
▪ A previous rights issue in 1991 raised some £25 million and helped the company buy up development land at bargain prices.
▪ Good hamburger merlots at bargain prices.
▪ You can also buy matching necklaces and earrings at bargain prices.
▪ I've done a deal with the Trust and Mirror readers can get this guide at the bargain price of 80p.
▪ It looks nice on me and it's a bargain price, too!
▪ See the amazing range of software at bargain prices!
■ VERB
buy
▪ Henry wants to prove to the world, and to himself, that he's bought a bargain.
▪ In Shenzhen, the Class B index of issues available to foreign investors climbed 1. 7 % as institutions bought bargains.
▪ Motorists queued yesterday outside the plant to buy bargain £4 bottles from the display on trestle tables.
▪ Every pair of shoes he bought was a bargain.
drive
▪ Cravath could drive an even harder bargain than it had been able to before.
▪ Suddenly she holds some back as if still determined to drive the hardest possible bargain.
▪ This drove a much harder bargain and, it has been suggested, represents the moment at which Edward overplayed his hand.
▪ Don't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain.
▪ It could also be that Reilly, who has never knowingly sold himself short, is driving a hard bargain.
▪ The farmer had grown used to billeting troops and drove a hard bargain.
▪ So he was right to drive a hard bargain.
find
▪ Start looking for suits and going away outfits early hopefully, you may find a sale bargain or two.
▪ Canoes? $ 700 to $ 1, 200 and up unless you get lucky and find a used bargain.
▪ Last year I found another bargain.
▪ Frequent shopping also improves your odds of finding a bargain or an item you particularly need.
▪ But you can find bargains if you know where to look.
▪ Towers found a bargain in Pete Smith, whose gutsy efforts will win him a starting berth somewhere next year.
▪ On the plus side, travelers will continue to find big bargains in cruises.
look
▪ But this beginning to look like a bargain.
▪ You know, comparison-shop. Look for bargains.
▪ If you are looking for a bargain check our early and late holidays for specially low rates.
▪ For surveyors and civil engineers, relief workers and war correspondents, the ultimate mobile phone looks like a bargain.
make
▪ You have made a bad bargain in marrying Havvie.
▪ Any estate owner who achieved this might be thought to have made a notable bargain.
▪ All of which makes it a bargain and one I shall miss for years to come.
▪ In making a pact with this devil, Lancaster County made a Faustian bargain.
▪ Which makes it the bargain of the week or a disposable donkey of a release, depending on your perspective.
▪ He would not have put it past her to make a kind of bargain on that basis.
▪ But she loved him, and that made it a bargain - and he didn't even deserve to be loved.
▪ It all makes £377 seem a bargain.
offer
▪ If you are, I can offer you a bargain which you can not afford to miss.
▪ Internet-based travel services are also creating a niche for themselves by offering last-minute travel bargains.
▪ If you are, I can offer you a splendid bargain.
▪ In sum, a reissue that would have had more of my blessing if offered at bargain price.
▪ Angelo offers her a bargain: if she will sleep with him her brother shall live.
pick
▪ Where better to pick up a few bargains than online?
▪ Read in studio Toy soldier enthusiasts have been gathering at an auction to try and pick up some bargains.
▪ Again, you can pick up some real bargains here.
▪ It specialises in selling new, refurbished and end of line computer stock and you can pick up some real bargains here.
seal
▪ He held his hand out and we shook, sealing an unspoken bargain.
seem
▪ But in the market at that time the ploy was far from enough to make the new models seem like bargains.
▪ It seemed a reasonable bargain in which each superpower could exert restraint over its regional allies.
▪ Watch out for any vehicle that seems too good a bargain.
▪ Irene sighed and shook her head: no visit to a foreign country seemed complete without bargains to carry home as trophies.
▪ It all makes £377 seem a bargain.
▪ Compared with the £1M plus that an equivalent Atex system would have cost it certainly seems a bargain.
strike
▪ The plant strikes a bargain with its emissary.
▪ The town has struck a Faustian bargain, they contend -- trading something of its small-town soul for success.
▪ Historically, an exchange was a physical thing; a room or building where people met to gather information and strike bargains.
▪ So we struck a bargain, or at least I thought we had.
▪ Buyer and seller strike a bargain with each individual purchase.
▪ In order to strike the best possible bargain on setting-day the men might invent stories of difficulty and adverse conditions.
▪ This should enable prosecutors to strike bargains at an appropriate penalty level.
▪ Alternatively, defendants might be able to strike favourable bargains and get off more lightly than they deserve.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drive/strike a hard bargain
▪ Don't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain.
▪ It could also be that Reilly, who has never knowingly sold himself short, is driving a hard bargain.
▪ So he was right to drive a hard bargain.
▪ The farmer had grown used to billeting troops and drove a hard bargain.
sb's side of a deal/bargain
seal a deal/bargain/pact etc
souvenir/autograph/bargain etc hunter
▪ And even if the signature is original it would only be of value to an autograph hunter not an art collector.
▪ During a recent visit he was mobbed by autograph hunters.
▪ Edgewater and Oak Hill have ordinances to protect possible archaeological sites from souvenir hunters.
▪ For the bargain hunter, plenty.
▪ Local militia had to protect it against enthusiastic souvenir hunters.
▪ Police even stopped one souvenir hunter cycling off with the ship's compass tucked under his arm.
▪ Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.
▪ Tokyo broke a three-day losing streak as the bargain hunters picked up blue chips and tech stocks, writes Ken Hijino.
strike a bargain/deal
▪ Ascend recently struck a deal to sell equipment to Pac Bell.
▪ Buyer and seller strike a bargain with each individual purchase.
▪ He struck a deal with the International Postal Union and received a copy of every stamp issued anywhere in the world.
▪ Historically, an exchange was a physical thing; a room or building where people met to gather information and strike bargains.
▪ Orlando, Florida, even struck a deal in which a developer built a new city hall.
▪ So we struck a bargain, or at least I thought we had.
▪ The company initially had struck a deal with Motorola.
▪ The plant strikes a bargain with its emissary.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Airlines aren't making money on bargain fares.
▪ Did you get any bargains at the market?
▪ I got this shirt when I was in Indonesia. It was a real bargain.
▪ The 10-ounce can is a better bargain than the 4-ounce one.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A bargain price may well attract considerable sales and at the same time discourage competitors.
▪ All he had to do was strike a bargain.
▪ He has already triggered a steep rise in transfer market prices by proving such a bargain at £2.5 million.
▪ Internet-based travel services are also creating a niche for themselves by offering last-minute travel bargains.
▪ Looking for a bargain on a status symbol?
▪ Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.
▪ The town has struck a Faustian bargain, they contend -- trading something of its small-town soul for success.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
for
▪ But Ben Macdhui has been known to give walkers more than they bargained for on several occasions.
▪ But some Tories think he might get more than he has bargained for.
▪ Choose your entertainments wisely this evening, as you could spend a lot more than you have bargained for.
▪ One thing I had not bargained for was the amount of Gaelic spoken in the country districts.
▪ It seems that our pursuit of happiness is proving to be much more radical than we bargained for.
▪ This is not what I bargained for.
▪ Jimmy Dean gave them more than they bargained for.
▪ Without commitment faith seems to cost more than we bargained for.
over
▪ Mr Adamec cited pressure from the opposition in bargaining over the shape of a new government as his reason for stepping down.
▪ Here and there were crowds of men bargaining over cattle and horses.
▪ This would be something to be bargained over.
■ NOUN
pay
▪ The government's concern has led it to exert fairly direct, although informal, control over the pay bargaining process.
plea
▪ The new government also wants approval of a law to protect witnesses and to encourage plea-bargaining.
▪ Most criminal cases are therefore settled without trial by the process of plea bargaining between the prosecutor and the defense attorney.
wage
▪ But there is, of course, another side to the wage bargaining coin.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bargaining position/power
▪ By tilting bargaining power towards labour, it encouraged big pay claims.
▪ In a competitive market the bargaining power of the owner of a particular commodity is limited.
▪ Naturally this bargaining power was not constant.
▪ Such a state of affairs provides the seller with a unique opportunity to exploit the relatively weak bargaining position of the investor.
▪ The United States seemed to be withholding its signature to achieve increased bargaining power.
▪ Western bargaining power had been eliminated.
▪ With the conference at last on the calendar, the various countries began preparatory activities to enhance their bargaining positions.
▪ Yet the desire for protection and security and some measure of equality in bargaining power would not down.
drive/strike a hard bargain
▪ Don't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain.
▪ It could also be that Reilly, who has never knowingly sold himself short, is driving a hard bargain.
▪ So he was right to drive a hard bargain.
▪ The farmer had grown used to billeting troops and drove a hard bargain.
earning/purchasing/bargaining etc power
▪ At the same time the peso was devalued by 600 % and inflation soared over consumers' purchasing power declined.
▪ Dollars have less international purchasing power and more dollars have to be spent.
▪ In a competitive market the bargaining power of the owner of a particular commodity is limited.
▪ Pensions represent a transfer of resources in the form of purchasing power from current taxpayers or pension-fund contributors to past contributors.
▪ That reduces the real purchasing power of wages.
▪ The drop in inflation boosted purchasing power, he said.
▪ The goods became obtainable, but not purchasable, because of the lack of purchasing power among the population.
▪ The third category relates to private transactions, where an equality of bargaining power is usually to be presumed.
sb's side of a deal/bargain
souvenir/autograph/bargain etc hunter
▪ And even if the signature is original it would only be of value to an autograph hunter not an art collector.
▪ During a recent visit he was mobbed by autograph hunters.
▪ Edgewater and Oak Hill have ordinances to protect possible archaeological sites from souvenir hunters.
▪ For the bargain hunter, plenty.
▪ Local militia had to protect it against enthusiastic souvenir hunters.
▪ Police even stopped one souvenir hunter cycling off with the ship's compass tucked under his arm.
▪ Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.
▪ Tokyo broke a three-day losing streak as the bargain hunters picked up blue chips and tech stocks, writes Ken Hijino.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All day Ambedkar bargained with the Hindu negotiators.
▪ And you need know nothing, not even what we bargain among us.
▪ So Knapman, committed to the mental hospital in August, has been stuck there longer than anyone bargained for.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bargain

Bargain \Bar"gain\, v. i. [OE. barganien, OF. bargaigner, F. barguigner, to hesitate, fr. LL. barcaniare. See Bargain, n.] To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.

So worthless peasants bargain for their wives.
--Shak.

Bargain

Bargain \Bar"gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bargained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bargaining.] To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

To bargain away, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. ``The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate.''
--G. Eliot.

Bargain

Bargain \Bar"gain\, n. [OE. bargayn, bargany, OF. bargaigne, bargagne, prob. from a supposed LL. barcaneum, fr. barca a boat which carries merchandise to the shore; hence, to traffic to and fro, to carry on commerce in general. See Bark a vessel. ]

  1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

    A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
    --Wharton.

  2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.

    And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith.
    --Shak.

  3. A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.

  4. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.

    She was too fond of her most filthy bargain.
    --Shak.

    Bargain and sale (Law), a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i. e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession.
    --Blackstone.

    Into the bargain, over and above what is stipulated; besides.

    To sell bargains, to make saucy (usually indelicate) repartees. [Obs.]
    --Swift.

    To strike a bargain, to reach or ratify an agreement. ``A bargain was struck.''
    --Macaulay.

    Syn: Contract; stipulation; purchase; engagement.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
bargain

late 14c., from Old French bargaignier (12c., Modern French barguigner) "to haggle over the price," perhaps from Frankish *borganjan "to lend" or some other Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *borgan (cognates: Old High German borgen; Old English borgian, source of borrow). Another suggestion is that the French word comes from Late Latin barca "a barge," because it "carries goods to and fro." There are difficulties with both suggestions. Related: Bargained; bargaining.

bargain

mid-14c., "business transaction or agreement," also "that which is acquired by bargaining," from Old French bargaine, from bargaignier (see bargain (v.)). Meaning "article priced for special sale" is from 1899. A bargain basement (1899) originally was a basement floor in a store where bargains were displayed.

Wiktionary
bargain

n. 1 An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration. 2 An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. 3 An item (usually brand new) purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price; also (when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase. 4 The thing stipulated or purchased. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow. 2 (context transitive English) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

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WordNet
bargain

  1. v. negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: dicker]

  2. come to terms; arrive at an agreement

bargain

  1. n. an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" [syn: deal]

  2. an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn: buy, steal]

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Wikipedia
Bargain

Bargain may refer to:

  • The process whereby buyer and seller agree the price of goods or services, see bargaining
  • An agreement to exchange goods at a price
  • On a stock exchange, an agreement to buy or sell shares
  • A notorious spyware also known as Bargain Buddy
  • "Bargain" (song), a song by The Who
  • The Bargain (disambiguation)
Bargain (song)

"Bargain" is a song written by Pete Townshend that was first released by The Who on their 1971 album Who's Next. It is a love song, although the intended subject of the song is God rather than a woman. The song has been included on several compilation and live albums. It was also included on several of Townshend's solo projects. Critics have praised the song's lyricism and power, as well as the performance of the band on the song. Townshend acknowledged during the Who's concert at the Prudential Center in Newark on March 19, 2016 that this is his favorite song on this album.

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Usage examples of "bargain".

Sri magician into the bargain, I was fed and accommodated at no expense, and promised a ship to wherever I wished to journey.

Spaniard to allot him a sufficient quantity of land for a plantation, and on my giving him some clothes and tools for his planting work, which he said he understood, having been an old planter at Maryland, and a buccaneer into the bargain.

The dear man was not however making a bad bargain, for the difference in the value of assignats with which he had paid and the good sound money he would receive made a pretty profit.

Signor Filippo Barbone became fully satisfied that his father-in-law was not to be turned from his resolution: when it became apparent that the mother was not to be influenced, he came to the conclusion that he had made a bad bargain, and resolved to escape as soon as possible from the consequences of it.

But by the time I arrived at the embassy, Batty told me they were already bargaining for the sport of you.

Three weeks would soon be over, and fresh bargains could be made time and again, while de Batz was alive and free.

I am finished with that lazyboned, besotted weakling, there will be no bargain.

Sterrin, who had not bargained for walking two Irish miles of rough road in her velvet and satin bootees, was in no mood for wilfulness.

She groaned and cursed and they bargained back and forth, both enjoying the encounter, both knowing that the real cost of the medicine and medical advice was hardly significant to a brothel mama-san.

Sir Marcus, however, who had a very brusk manner with his inferiors, having paid the cabman, curtly dismissed him, and the man, who admits having bargained for a double fare for the journey, because it was such an out-of-the-way spot, drove away vaguely curious, but not so curious as another might have been, since London cabmen are used to strange jobs.

The chimpanzee played under the table while the bargaining sessions went on, climbing the legs, dropping back to the floor, rolling around and hooting softly.

He bought two large and two medium-sized eels from the longshoreman for a song and tried to bargain even after he had paid up.

But Melder kept his part of the bargain, making no effort to molest her or detain her when it was time for her to go.

It was not likely that, having certainly made some bargain with de Berquin, and being moneyless, they had quitted his service so soon.

Lindeth and Tiffany enjoyed a quiet flirtation, Sir Ralph gave the Nonesuch a long and involved account of his triumph over someone who had tried to get the better of him in a bargain, Courtenay fidgeted about the room, and Lady Colebatch prosed to Miss Trent with all the placidity of one to whom time meant nothing.