bargayne

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bargaigne, from bargaigner, from Old French bargaine (noun), bargaignier (verb), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *borganjan (to borrow, lend), from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (to borrow, lend).

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /barˈɡæi̯n(ə)/, /ˈbarɡən(ə)/

Noun

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bargayne (plural bargaynes)

  1. A pact or concord; a legal agreement with legal force:
    1. A corporate agreement; a trade deal.
    2. (rare) A promise or commitment; an obligation due to agreement.
  2. A project, venture or endeavour.
  3. (rare) An item or product; a commodity.
  4. (rare) A situation as an outcome of others' prior behaviour.
  5. (rare, Northern) A contest or dispute.
    • c. 1375, “Book VI”, in Iohne Barbour, De geſtis bellis et uirtutibus domini Roberti de Brwyß [] (The Brus, Advocates MS. 19.2.2)‎[1], Ouchtirmunſye: Iohannes Ramſay, published 1489, folio 21, recto, lines 431-434; republished at Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, c. 2010:
      Thyꝛwall þ[at] was þ[air] capitain / Wes þ[air] in þe baꝛgain slain / ⁊ off his men þe maſt p[ar]ty / Ϸe laue fled full affrayitly
      Thirlwall, who was their commander / was killed there in the struggle / with the greatest part of his men; / the rest fled very frightened.
Descendants
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  • English: bargain
  • Scots: bargain
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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bargayne

  1. Alternative form of bargaynen