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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbargaynen(“to bargain, make a pledge for sale”), fromOld Frenchbargaigner(“to bargain”), fromFrankish*borganjan(“to borrow, lend”), fromProto-Germanic*burgijaną(“to borrow, lend”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰergʰ-(“to protect, secure”). Akin toOld High Germanboragēn,borgēn(“to look after, care for”) (Germanborgen),Old Englishborgian(“to borrow, lend, pledge”). More atborrow.

CompareFrenchbarguigner andPortuguesebarganhar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bargain (pluralbargains)

  1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one partybinds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
    • 1883, J. J. S Wharton,Wharton's Law Lexicon:
      A contract is abargain that is legally binding.
  2. An agreement or stipulation; mutualpledge.
    Synonyms:contract,engagement,stipulation
  3. An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
    Synonym:steal
    Antonym:rip-off
  4. A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
    to buy (something) at abargain
    At that price, it’s not just abargain, it’s a steal.
    • 1913,Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, inThe Lodger, London:Methuen,→OCLC; republished inNovels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.:Longmans, Green and Co., […],[1933],→OCLC,page0016:
      Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A greatbargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
  5. The thing stipulated or purchased.
    Synonym:purchase

Derived terms

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Terms derived frombargain (noun)

Descendants

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Translations

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agreement or contract concerning sale of property
agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge
item bought at a low price
thing stipulated or purchased

Verb

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bargain (third-person singular simple presentbargains,present participlebargaining,simple past and past participlebargained)

  1. (intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; tonegotiate; to haggle.
    They had tobargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug.
  2. (transitive) To transfer for a consideration; tobarter; totrade

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Terms derived frombargain (verb)

Translations

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intransitive: to make a bargain
transitive: to trade

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Middle English

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Noun

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bargain

  1. Alternative form ofbargayne

Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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bargain m

  1. inflection ofbargan:
    1. genitivesingular
    2. nominativeplural
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