bargain

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an agreement between parties, usually arrived at after discussion, fixing obligations of each

   We made a bargain with our supplier.

2. 2
   noun

   an advantageous purchase

   I got a bargain at the auction.

3. 3
   verb

   to come to terms

   We bargained with the victors.

4. 4
   verb

   to negotiate the terms of an exchange

   We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar.

5. 5
   noun

   An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

   A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.

6. 6
   noun

   An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.

   […]And when your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith, I do beseech you, Even at that time I may be married too.

7. 7
   noun

   A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.

   to buy (something) at a bargain

8. 8
   noun

   The thing stipulated or purchased.

   If he say so, may his pernicious soul Rot half a grain a day! He lies to th' heart. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain.

Etymology

From Middle English bargaynen (“to bargain, make a pledge for sale”), from Old French bargaigner (“to bargain”), from Frankish *borganjan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, secure”). Akin to Old High German boragēn, borgēn (“to look after, care for”) (German borgen), Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge”). More at borrow. Compare French barguigner and Portuguese barganhar.