noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
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"A contract is a bargain that is legally binding."
"[…]And when your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith, I do beseech you, Even at that time I may be married too."
"to buy (something) at a bargain"
"If he say so, may his pernicious soul Rot half a grain a day! He lies to th' heart. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain."
"They had to bargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug."
"The media sells a trace of hatred at bargain prices."
An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds 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.
Common synonyms include: deal, steal, abatement of differences, accommodation, accord, act between.
The media sells a trace of hatred at bargain prices.
Pronounced /ˈbɑːɡən/.
From Middle English bargaynen (“to bargain, make a pledge for sale”), from Old French bargaigner (“to bargain”), from Frankish *borganjan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, secure”). Akin to Old High German boragēn, borgēn (“to look after, care for”) (German borgen), Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge”). More at borrow. Compare French barguigner and Portuguese barganhar.