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bargain [ bar·gain ]
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1. An agreement between two or more people or groups as to what each will do for the other.
The Accord was a bargain between unions and government.
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2. A thing bought or offered for sale much more cheaply than is usual or expected.
The food was good and correctly cooked - and at the price, a real bargain!
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1. Negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction.
he bargained with the local council to rent the stadium
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2. (bargain something away) Part with something after negotiation but get little or nothing in return.
Washington should be careful about bargaining them away.
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3. (bargain for/on) Be prepared for; expect.
he didn't bargain on this storm
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1. Middle English from Old French bargaine (noun), bargaignier (verb); probably of Germanic origin and related to German borgen ‘borrow’.
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