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bargain

1 of 2

noun

bar·​gain ˈbär-gən How to pronounce bargain (audio)
often attributive
1
: an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
They struck a bargain to sell only to each other.
Keep your side of the bargain.
2
: something acquired by or as if by negotiating over the terms of a purchase, agreement, or contract
especially : an advantageous purchase
At that price the car is a bargain.
We got a bargain on the plane tickets.
3
: a transaction, situation, or event regarded in the light of its results
a bad bargain

bargain

2 of 2

verb

bargained; bargaining; bargains

intransitive verb

1
: to negotiate over the terms of a purchase, agreement, or contract : haggle
The seller might be willing to bargain over the price.
2
: to come to terms : agree

transitive verb

1
: to bring to a desired level by bargaining
bargain a price down
2
: to sell or dispose of by bargaining
—often used with away
bargained away wage increases for other benefits
bargainer noun
Phrases
into the bargain or less commonly in the bargain
: besides
tastes good and is good for you, into the bargain
bargain for
: expect
more work than I bargained for

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun I think everyone involved was satisfied with the bargain we made. They've agreed to turn the land over to the state, and the state, as its part of the bargain, has agreed to keep it undeveloped. She likes to hunt for bargains when she shops. Verb The price listed is quite high, but the seller might be willing to bargain. they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Jackson will make $23 million this season, a bargain for a Pro Bowl-level quarterback. Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 9 Sep. 2022 Judge Carole Kuhnke on Friday also set a hearing for 9 a.m. next Friday to decide whether to permanently order faculty to return while the union and administration bargain a new contract. David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022 That means the wholesale store is open 358 days of the year — which sounds like a pretty good bargain to us. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 4 Sep. 2022 Jamie Fiore Higgins was flipping through racks of clothes at TJ Maxx on Wall Street the other day, looking for a bargain. Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 Dollar stores, as their name suggests, offer inexpensive products for bargain-hungry shoppers. Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022 But if the employer won’t sit down and bargain, are the workers still a union? Allie Gross, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022 Now, as rivals bargain shop in wartime, one top club says the sense of solidarity is gone. New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022 Yet there might be a potential bargain lurking among them. Telis Demos, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022
Verb
The National Labor Relations Act already governs private workers and limits who can bargain about what. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 Most new cancer drugs extend life for only a short time, said Rajkumar, who helped organize a 2015 letter signed by 118 oncologists that called for giving Medicare the power to bargain. Arthur Allen, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022 The testers at Blizzard Albany seek to unionize to bargain for improved work conditions and higher wages. Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Chisholm takes heart in the fact that it’s not possible for the Democrats to bargain away Appalachia communities’ continued resistance to the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Alleen Brown, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2022 In Seattle, hundreds of public employees who have been working from home since the coronavirus outbreak in 2020 recoiled at the mayor’s return-to-the-office policy, forcing the city to bargain with union representatives on telework policies. Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022 In late June, the N.L.R.B. filed a federal lawsuit to compel Starbucks to bargain. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022 Uber, unlike some other companies, did not guarantee workers the local minimum wage, did not provide clear and transparent terms of their employment and did not give them the freedom to collectively bargain. Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post, 11 July 2022 Eventually, the strike caused a shutdown of GM’s national production and after 44 days, the corporation agreed to bargain with the UAW and recognized it as the sole representative of autoworkers. Mike Smith, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from bargaigner

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French bargaigner, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old English borgian to borrow — more at bury

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

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The first known use of bargain was in the 14th century

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