bargain
/ˈbɑːɹɡən/ verb B2- To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate; to haggle. · They had to bargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug.
- To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade
He/she/it bargains · Past bargained · Past participle bargained · -ing form bargaining
Verb forms
- Base form
- bargain
- He/she/it
- bargains
- Past
- bargained
- Past participle
- bargained
- -ing form
- bargaining
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I have made a bargain.”
Rachel Lynde was one of those capable creatures who can manage their own concerns and those of other folks into the bargain.
AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in the presence of witnesses: that if he should cure her blindness, he should receive from her a sum of money; but if her infirmity remained, she should give him nothing.
Each was so well pleased with his bargain that they made for some time the same exchange day after day.
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