bargain

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Etymology

Middle English bargaynen (“to bargain, make a pledge for sale”), from Anglo-Norman bargai(g)ner (“to bargain”), from Old French bargai(g)ner (“to bargain, haggle”), from Frankish *borganjan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Germanic *burganan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhergh- (“to protect, secure”). Akin to Old High German bor(a)gēn (“to look after, care for”) (German borgen), Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge”). More at borrow.

Pronunciation

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• enPR: bä(r)gən, IPA: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)ɡən/, /ˈbɑː(ɹ).ɡɪn/, X-SAMPA: /"bA:(r\)g@n/, /"bA:(r\).gIn/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡən, -ɑː(ɹ)ɡɪn

Noun

bargain (plural bargains)

1. 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.
   • A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. --Wharton's Law Lexicon
2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
   • And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith. --Shakespeare.
3. A purchase; also (when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.
4. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.
   • She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. --Shakespeare.

Derived terms

• Faustian bargain
• prebargaining

Synonyms

• contract, engagement, purchase, stipulation

Antonyms

• rip-off

Translations

purchase, transaction

• Bulgarian: сделка (bg) (sdelka), пазарлък (bg) (pazarlǎk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 契約 (cmn), 契约 (cmn) (qìyuē), 合同 (cmn) (hétóng)

• French: accord (fr) m
• Hungarian: vétel (hu)
• Japanese: 買い得 (ja) (かいどく, kaidoku), 買い取り (ja) (かいとり, kaitori)

• Jèrriais: bardgîn m
• Romanian: afacere (ro) f
• Russian: сделка (ru) (sdélka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: bargan (gd) m
• Spanish: trato (es) m, ganga (es) f, bicoca (es) f
• Telugu: బేరము (te) (bEramu)

Verb

bargain (third-person singular simple present bargains, present participle bargaining, simple past and past participle bargained)

1. (intransitive) 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.

   So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. -- Shakespeare.

   united we bargain, divided we beg

2. (transitive) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

Derived terms

• bargain agent
• bargain away
• bargain date

Translations

to make a bargain

• Bulgarian: спазарявам се (bg) (spazarjavam se)
• Hungarian: alkuszik (hu), alkudozik (hu)
• Jèrriais: bardgîngni
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: заключать сделку (ru) (zaključátʹ sdélku) impf., заключить сделку (ru) (zaključítʹ sdélku) pf.
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цењкати (sh), погађати (sh), ценкати (sh)

  Roman: cenjkati (sh), pogađati (sh), cenkati (sh)

• Slovene: barantati (sl)
• Spanish: regatear (es)
• Swedish: förhandla (sv), köpslå (sv)
• Telugu: బేరం చేయు (te) (bEram chEyu)

Anagrams

• braaing

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

barganan

1. genitive singular form of bargan
2. Plural form of bargan