Definition of bargain Bargain

/bɑˈɹgʌn/ - [bargun] - bar•gain

We found 25 definitions of bargain from 9 different sources.

What does bargain mean?

Noun Plural: bargains
bargain - an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
		buy, steal
		purchase the acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake"
		song the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"
bargain - an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"
		deal
		understanding, agreement the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
Verb bargains, bargaining, bargained
bargain - come to terms; arrive at an agreement
		agree consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"
bargain - negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar"
		dicker
		talk terms, negotiate, negociate succeed in passing through, around, or over; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass"
		haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"

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bargain (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.
bargain (Noun)
An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
bargain (Noun)
A purchase; also when not qualified, a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.
bargain (Noun)
The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.
bargain (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.
bargain (Verb)
To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

bargain (n.)
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.
bargain (n.)
An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
bargain (n.)
A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.
bargain (n.)
The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.
bargain (n.)
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.
bargain (v. t.)
To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

bargain
bär′gin, n. a contract or agreement: a favourable transaction: an advantageous purchase: (Shak.) chaffering.—v.i. to make a contract or agreement: to chaffer: to count on, take into consideration (with for): to lose by bad bargaining (with away).—n. Bar′gainer.—Bargain and sale, in law, a mode of conveyance whereby property may be assigned or transferred for valuable consideration.—Into the bargain, over and above; To make the best of a bad bargain, to make the best of difficult circumstances; To sell any one a bargain (Shak.), to befool him; To strike a bargain, to come to terms about a purchase. [O. Fr. bargaigner—Low L. barcaniare; acc. to Diez from barca, a boat.]

bargain
A disease common to women, caught in the Sunday papers and developed in department stores on Mondays. Symptoms, loud talk, pushing and shoving, a combination prize-fight and foot-ball scrimmage. (Old spelling Bark-gain).

bargain
To sell a bargain; a species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in answer to the question, What? which the buyer was artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following instance: A lady would come into a room full of company, apparently in a fright, crying out, It is white, and follows me! On any of the company asking, What? she sold him the bargain, by saying, Mine a-e.