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bargain

bar·gain [ brgən ]


noun  (plural bar·gains)
Definition:
 
1. cheap purchase: something offered or bought at less than the usual price

2. pact: an agreement between two people or groups in which each promises to carry out an obligation

3. price agreement: a commercial agreement between two parties that fixes the price of something

4. things received by agreement: goods or services obtained by a commercial agreement



verb  (past and past participle bar·gained, present participle bar·gain·ing, 3rd person present singular bar·gains)
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb negotiate with somebody: to negotiate the terms of an agreement with somebody

2. transitive verb exchange something: to exchange one thing for another

[14th century. < Old French bargaignier "trade, negotiate, dispute," probably < Germanic]

bar·gain·er noun

in or into the bargain as well
hard-working and very intelligent in the bargain


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