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Bargain

noun

An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each. Synonym: deal. "He rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"

An advantageous purchase. Synonyms: buy, steal. "The stock was a real buy at that price"

verb

(past & past part. bargained; pres. part. bargaining)

Negotiate the terms of an exchange. Synonym: dicker.

Come to terms; arrive at an agreement.

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"Bargain" Quotes from Famous Books

... gien x was a horse, an' y was a coo, an' z was a cairt, or onything ither ye micht hae to ca' 't; an' ye bargain awa' aboot the x an' the y and the z, an' ley the horse i' the stable, the coo i' the byre, an' the cairt i' the shed, till ...

— Warlock o' Glenwarlock • George MacDonald

... here, and I will show you that you cannot break our rules with impunity, and be impudent to me in the bargain!" cried Crabtree. "Come with me!" And he caught Tom by the arm, while Dick and the others were ...

— The Rover Boys at School • Arthur M. Winfield

... of Althausen had no need of reflection to understand the kind of shameful bargain which his servant had allowed him to catch a ...

— The Grip of Desire • Hector France

... family mansion in St James Square, which Lord Marney had intended to have let to a new club, and himself and his family to have taken refuge for a short season at an hotel, but he drove so hard a bargain that before the lease was signed, the new club, which mainly consisted of an ingenious individual who had created himself secretary, had vanished. Then it was agreed that the family mansion should be inhabited for the season by the family; and to-night Arabella was receiving all that great ...

— Sybil - or the Two Nations • Benjamin Disraeli

... those private exhortations, which in that reign were called closeting; and, predisposed as he was, he could hardly be supposed capable of resisting the royal eloquence. For, while pointing out circumstances of proof, that Dryden's conversion was not made by manner of bargain and sale, but proceeded upon a sincere though erroneous conviction, it cannot be denied, that his situation as poet-laureate, and his expectations from the king, must have conduced to his taking his final resolution. All I mean to infer from the ...

— The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Vol. I. - With a Life of the Author • Sir Walter Scott

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