bargain

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English bargaynen "to bargain" from Anglo-Norman bargai(g)ner "to bargain" from Old French bargai(g)ner "to bargain, haggle", of Germanic origin, from Frankish *borganjan "to borrow, lend" from Proto-Germanic *borganan (“‘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

[edit] Pronunciation

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• enPR: bä(r)gən, IPA: /ˈbɑː(r)ɡən/, SAMPA: /"ba:(r)g@n/

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)ɡən

[edit] 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. --w:Wharton.

2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
   • And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith. --w:Shak.
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. --w:Shak.

{Bargain and sale} (Law), 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. --w:Blackstone.

{Into the bargain}, over and above what is stipulated;besides.

(obsolete){To sell bargains}, to make saucy (usually indelicate) repartees. --Jonathan Swift.

{To strike a bargain}, to reach or ratify an agreement. ``A bargain was struck. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.

[edit] Synonyms

• contract
• stipulation
• purchase
• engagement

[edit] Antonyms

• rip-off (3,4)

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: сделка, пазарлък
• French: accord fr(fr) m.
• Spanish: trato m., ganga f., bicoca f.
• Telugu: బేరం te(te) (bEram)

[edit] Verb

to 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; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.

   So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. --Template:Shak.

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

[edit] Derived terms

• bargain away
• bargain date

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aabginr
• braaing