bargain : Idioms & Phrases

• (Law), a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i.e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession. Blackstone.

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• verb persuade the seller to accept a lower price
  beat down.
  
  • She beat the merchant down $100

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• noun a shopper who hunts for bargains
  

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• noun a price below the standard price
  cut price; cut rate; cheapness.
  

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• adjective satellite costing less than standard price
  cut-price; cut-rate.
  
  • buying bargain-priced clothes for the children
  • cut-rate goods

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• noun leverage in the form of an inducement or a concession useful in successful negotiations
  

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• (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier.

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• noun negotiation between an employer and trade union
  

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• adverb for a relatively small amount of money
  at a low price; for a song.
  
  • we bought the house for a song

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• adverb in addition; over and above what is expected
  in the bargain.
  
  • He lost his wife in the bargain

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• adverb in addition; over and above what is expected
  in the bargain.
  
  • He lost his wife in the bargain

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• over and above what is stipulated; besides.

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• noun (criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
  plea bargain.
  
  • his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor
  • plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested

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• noun (criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
  plea bargain.
  
  • his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor
  • plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested

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• verb agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge
  
  • If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for 8 years

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• (Com.), a contract made for the sale or purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds, at a certain time in the future.

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• to dispose of in a bargain; usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. "The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate."

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• to make saucy ( usually indelicate) repartees. Obs. Swift.

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• to reach or ratify an agreement. "A bargain was struck." Macaulay.

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• noun a bargain rate for travellers on commercial routes (usually air routes)
  

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