Definition of "bargain"

bargain

/ˈbɑːɡən/

noun
plural bargains
1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
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  A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
  1883, J. J. S Wharton, Wharton's Law Lexicon
2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
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  […] 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.
  c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]
3. An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
4. A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
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  Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
  1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], page 0016
5. The thing stipulated or purchased.
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  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.
  c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene ii]
verb
third-person singular simple present bargains, present participle bargaining, simple past and past participle bargained
1. (intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate
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  So worthless peasants bargain for their wives.United we bargain, divided we beg
  1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
2. (transitive) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade

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