Definition of Bargain

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Bargain

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.

An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.

A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.

The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.

To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.

To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

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Bargain Quotations

Necessity never made a good bargain.
Benjamin Franklin

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.
Marquis de Sade

I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.
Rita Mae Brown

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.
Anatole France

If we ever hope to rid the world of the political AIDS of our time, terrorism, the rule must be clear: One does not deal with terrorists; one does not bargain with terrorists; one kills terrorists.
Meir Kahane

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
B. C. Forbes

Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.
Paul Simon

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
William Cowper

Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.
Kin Hubbard

Bargain Translations

bargain in Dutch is afdingen, pingelen, marchanderen
bargain in French is chipoter, marchander
bargain in Italian is mercanteggiare
bargain in Norwegian is god handel

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