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bargain
noun
1 bargain
An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each:
— He made a bargain with the devil.
synonym: deal.
Roget 813:
discount,
abatement,
concession,
reduction,
depreciation,
allowance;
qualification,
set-off,
drawback,
poundage,
agio†,
percentage;
rebate,
rebatement†;
backwardation,
contango†;
salvage;
tare and tret†.
sale,
bargain;
half price;
price war.
wholesale,
wholesale price;
dealer's price;
trade price.
coupon,
discount coupon,
cents-off coupon;
store coupon,
manufacturer's coupon;
double coupon discount,
triple coupon discount.
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Roget 815:
cheapness,
low price;
depreciation;
bargain;
good penny worth
&c.;
snap [U.S.].
[Absence of charge]
gratuity;
free quarters,
free seats,
free admission,
pass,
free pass,
free warren,
give-away,
freebee [Coll.];
run of one's teeth;
nominal price,
peppercorn rent;
labor of love.
drug in the market;
deadhead†.
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Roget 769:
compact,
contract,
agreement,
bargain;
affidation†;
pact,
paction†;
bond,
covenant,
indenture;
bundobast†,
deal.
stipulation,
settlement,
convention;
compromise,
cartel.
Protocol,
treaty,
concordat,
Zollverein [G.],
Sonderbund [G.],
charter,
Magna Charta [Lat.],
Progmatic Sanction,
customs union,
free trade region;
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
GATT;
most favored nation status.
negotiation
etc.
(bargaining)
794;
diplomacy
etc.
(mediation)
724;
negotiator
etc.
(agent)
758.
ratification,
completion,
signature,
seal,
sigil [Lat.],
signet.
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Roget 794:
barter,
exchange,
scorse†,
truck system;
interchange
etc.
148.
a Roland for an Oliver;
quid pro quo;
commutation,
composition;
Indian gift [U.S.].
trade,
commerce,
mercature†,
buying and selling,
bargain and sale;
traffic,
business,
nundination†,
custom,
shopping;
commercial enterprise,
speculation,
jobbing,
stockjobbing†,
agiotage†,
brokery†.
deal,
dealing,
transaction,
negotiation,
bargain.
free trade.
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2 bargain
An advantageous purchase:
— She got a bargain at the auction.
synonyms: buy, steal.
Dutch: aanbieding, gelegenheidsaanbieding, gelegenheidskoopje, gunstkoopje, koopje, meenemer, meenemertje
Polish: okazja
verb
1 bargain
Negotiate the terms of an exchange:
— We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar.
synonym: dicker.
Roget 794:
barter,
exchange,
swap,
swop†,
truck,
scorse†;
interchange
etc.
148;
commutate
etc.
(substitute)
147;
compound for.
trade,
traffic,
buy and sell,
give and take,
nundinate†;
carry on a trade,
ply a trade,
drive a trade;
be in business,
be in the city;
keep a shop,
deal in,
employ one's capital in.
trade with,
deal with,
have dealings with;
transact business with,
do business with;
open an account with,
keep an account with.
bargain;
drive a bargain,
make a bargain;
negotiate,
bid for;
haggle,
higgle†;
dicker [U.S.];
chaffer,
huckster,
cheapen,
beat down;
stickle,
stickle for;
out bid,
under bid;
ask,
charge;
strike a bargain
etc.
(contract)
769.
speculate,
give a sprat to catch a herring;
buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market,
buy low and sell high;
corner the market;
rig the market,
stag the market.
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Roget 769:
contract,
covenant,
agree for;
engage
etc.
(promise)
768.
treat,
negotiate,
stipulate,
make terms;
bargain
etc.
(barter)
794.
make a bargain,
strike a bargain;
come to terms,
come to an understanding;
compromise
etc.
774;
set at rest;
close,
close with;
conclude,
complete,
settle;
confirm,
ratify,
clench,
subscribe,
underwrite;
endorse,
indorse;
put the seal to;
sign,
seal
etc.
(attest)
467;
indent.
take one at one's word,
bargain by inch of candle.
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Roget 724:
mediate,
mediatize†;
intercede,
interpose,
interfere,
intervene;
step in,
negotiate;
meet halfway;
arbitrate;
magnas componere lites [Lat.].
bargain
etc.
794
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2 bargain
Come to terms; arrive at an agreement.
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