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| bar·gain [ brgən ] |
noun (plural bar·gains) |
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1. cheap purchase: something offered or bought at less than the usual price
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2. pact: an agreement between two people or groups in which each promises to carry out an obligation
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3. price agreement: a commercial agreement between two parties that fixes the price of something
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4. things received by agreement: goods or services obtained by a commercial agreement
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verb (past and past participle bar·gained, present participle bar·gain·ing, 3rd person present singular bar·gains) |
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1. intransitive verb negotiate with somebody: to negotiate the terms of an agreement with somebody
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2. transitive verb exchange something: to exchange one thing for another
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| [14th century. < Old French bargaignier "trade, negotiate, dispute," probably < Germanic] |
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  bar·gain·er noun |
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in or into the bargain as well
hard-working and very intelligent in the bargain
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