|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
bargain
bar·gain / ˈbärgən/ • n. 1. an agreement between two or more parties as to what each party will do for the other: the extraconstitutional bargain between the northern elite and the southern planters. 2. a thing bought or offered for sale more cheaply than is usual or expected: the secondhand table was a real bargain. • v. [intr.] negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction: he bargained with the city council to rent the stadium [as n.] (bargaining) many statutes are passed by political bargaining. ∎ [tr.] (bargain something away) part with something after negotiation but get little or nothing in return: his determination not to bargain away any of the province's existing economic powers. ∎ (bargain for/on) be prepared for; expect: I got more information than I'd bargained for he didn't bargain on this storm. PHRASES: drive a hard bargain be uncompromising in making a deal. into (in) the bargain in addition to what was expected; moreover: an upstate yokel and a raving paranoiac into the bargain. strike a bargain make a bargain; agree to a deal.DERIVATIVES: bar·gain·er n. |
|
|
Cite this article
"bargain." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bargain." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bargain.html "bargain." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bargain.html |
|
Bargain
BARGAINA reciprocal understanding, contract, or agreement of any sort usually pertaining to the loan, sale, or exchange of property between two parties, one of whom wants to dispose of an item that the other wants to obtain. To work out the terms of an agreement; to negotiate ingood faithfor the purpose of entering into an agreement. A union engages in collective bargaining on proposed contract terms. |
|
|
Cite this article
"Bargain." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bargain." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700463.html "Bargain." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700463.html |
|
bargain
bargain XIV. — OF. bargaignier trade, dispute — Gmc. *borʒanjan, f. *borʒ- BORROW.
So bargain sb. XIV. — OF. bargaine. |
|
|
Cite this article
T. F. HOAD. "bargain." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bargain." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bargain.html T. F. HOAD. "bargain." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bargain.html |
|
bargain
bargain
•Aladdin • stand-in
•Dunedin, lead-in
•Blondin, Girondin
•Odin
•paladin, Saladin
•Borodin • Baffin • elfin
•biffin, griffin, tiffin
•boffin, coffin
•dolphin • endorphin • bowfin
•yellowfin
•muffin, puffin
•ragamuffin • paraffin • perfin
•bargain • Begin • Kosygin
•hoggin, noggin
•imagine • margin • engine
•pidgin, pigeon, smidgen, wigeon
•stool pigeon • wood pigeon • origin
•Pugin • virgin
|
|
|
Cite this article
"bargain." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bargain." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bargain.html "bargain." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bargain.html |
|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
![The Who-Bargain [Who's Next]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MpyZRLHGRGA/0.jpg "The Who-Bargain [Who's Next]")
