Bargain

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  • noun. An agreement between parties fixing obligations that each promises to carry out. synonym: agreement.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An agreement establishing the terms of a sale or exchange of goods or services.
  • noun. Property acquired or services rendered as a result of such an agreement.
  • noun. Something offered or acquired at a price advantageous to the buyer.
  • intransitive verb. To negotiate the terms of an agreement, as to sell or exchange.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in collective bargaining.
  • intransitive verb. To arrive at an agreement.
  • intransitive verb. To exchange; trade.
  • phrasal verb. To count on; expect.
  • idiom. (into/in) Over and above what is expected; in addition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of discussing the terms of a proposed agreement; bargaining.
  • noun. A contention or contest for the mastery or upper hand; a struggle.
  • noun. A contract or an agreement between two or more parties; a compact settling that something shall be done; specifically, a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
  • noun. The outcome of an agreement as regards one of the parties; that which is acquired by bargaining; the thing purchased or stipulated for: as, look at my bargain; a bad bargain; “a losing bargain,”
  • noun. Something bought or sold at a low price; an advantageous purchase.
  • To treat about a transaction; make terms.
  • To come to or make an agreement; stipulate; make or strike a bargain: with a person, for an object: as, he bargained with the producers, for a daily supply.
  • To arrange beforehand by negotiation and agreement.
  • To agree to buy or sell.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for.
  • transitive verb. To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade.
  • transitive verb. to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright.
  • noun. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
  • noun. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
  • noun. A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
  • noun. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.
  • noun. a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i. e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession.
  • noun. over and above what is stipulated; besides.
  • noun. to make saucy (usually indelicate) repartees.
  • noun. to reach or ratify an agreement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
  • noun. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
  • noun. A purchase; also (when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.
  • noun. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.
  • verb. To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.
  • verb. To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. come to terms; arrive at an agreement
  • verb. negotiate the terms of an exchange
  • noun. an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
  • noun. an advantageous purchase
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