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Bargain   /bˈɑrgən/  /bˈɑrgɪn/   Listen
Bargain

noun
1.
An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each.  Synonym: deal.  "He rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"
2.
An advantageous purchase.  Synonyms: buy, steal.  "The stock was a real buy at that price"
verb
(past & past part. bargained; pres. part. bargaining)
1.
Negotiate the terms of an exchange.  Synonym: dicker.
2.
Come to terms; arrive at an agreement.



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"Bargain" Quotes from Famous Books



... written (I, qu. i, cap. Si quis Episcopus): "He that has been ordained shall profit nothing from his ordination or promotion that he has acquired by the bargain, but shall forfeit the dignity or cure that he has ...
— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas
... cash down, and our commission to be ten per cent on the proceeds of the contents. You must remember," raising a fat forefinger to check Smith, who was about to interrupt him, "that it may be necessary to force the box in order to open it, thereby decreasing its market value and making it a bad bargain at a hundred guineas." ...
— The Hand Of Fu-Manchu - Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor • Sax Rohmer
... had called for him. He waited till ten minutes past the hour, before he concluded that he had fulfilled his part of the bargain with them. Though he did not understand it, he attached no especial significance to their ...
— The Girl and The Bill - An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure • Bannister Merwin
... by movements of body and tail and bowing of head, gave token of his good will to abide by that bargain. And in sign that he plighted his troth to it he gave the Saint his paw, and followed to the market-place of Agobio, where St. Francis repeated all that he had said, and the people agreed to the bargain, and once more the wolf gave pledge of his faith by putting ...
— A Child's Book of Saints • William Canton
... '70's and '80's in Brooklyn and in New York there were merchants who had prospered, but by Christian methods—merchants who took their religion into everyday life. I became accustomed, Sabbath after Sabbath, to stand before an audience of bargain-makers. Men in all occupations—yet the vast majority of them, I am very well aware, were engaged from Monday morning to Saturday night in the store. In many of the families of my congregations across the breakfast table and the tea table were discussed questions ...
— T. De Witt Talmage - As I Knew Him • T. De Witt Talmage


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