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English
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
bargain (plural bargains)
- 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.
1883, J. J. S Wharton, Wharton's Law Lexicon:A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
- An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
- Synonyms: contract, engagement, stipulation
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :[…] 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.
- An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
- Synonym: steal
- Antonym: rip-off
- A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
to buy a thing at a bargain
At that price, it's not just a bargain, it's a steal.
1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., , , →OCLC, page 0016: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; […].
- The thing stipulated or purchased.
- Synonym: purchase
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
agreement or contract concerning sale of property
- Afrikaans: ooreenkoms
- Arabic: صَفْقَة (ar) f (ṣafqa)
- Belarusian: уго́да f (uhóda), здзе́лка f (zdzjélka)
- Bulgarian: сде́лка (bg) f (sdélka), пазарлъ́к (bg) m (pazarlǎ́k)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 契約/契约 (zh) (qìyuē), 合同 (zh) (hétóng)
- Finnish: kauppasopimus
- French: accord (fr) m
- German: Angebot (de) n
- Hungarian: vétel (hu)
- Irish: conradh m
- Italian: trattativa (it) f, accordo (it) m, mercanteggiamento (it) m
- Japanese: 買い得 (かいどく, kaidoku), 買い取り (ja) (かいとり, kaitori)
- Norman: bardgîn m
- Portuguese: transação (pt) f, barganha (pt) f
- Romanian: afacere (ro) f
- Russian: сде́лка (ru) f (sdélka)
- Scottish Gaelic: bargan m
- Slovene: kupčija f
- Spanish: trato (es) m, ganga (es) f, bicoca (es) f
- Swedish: fynd (sv) n, klipp (sv) n (informal), kap (sv) n (informal)
- Telugu: బేరము (te) (bēramu)
- Ukrainian: уго́да f (uhóda)
- Welsh: bargen (cy) f
- Yiddish: מציאה f (metsiye)
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agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge
item bought at a low price
- Afrikaans: winskoop
- Catalan: ganga f, bicoca f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 便宜貨/便宜货 (zh) (piányihuò), 廉價品/廉价品 (zh) (liánjiàpǐn)
- Dutch: koopje (nl) n
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: tarjous (fi), erikoistarjous (fi)
- French: affaire (fr) f, bonne affaire f
- Galician: pechincha f, goio m, fieiteira f
- German: Schnäppchen (de) n
- Japanese: 特価品 (とっかひん, tokka hin), 特売品 (とくばいひん, tokubai hin), 廉価品 (れんかひん, renka hin), お徳用 (おとくよう, otokuyō)
- Latin: pāctum n
- Maori: utu ngāwari
- Polish: okazja (pl) f
- Romanian: chilipir (ro) n
- Russian: (no equivalent exists) това́р, ку́пленный по дешёвке m (továr, kúplennyj po dešóvke)
- Spanish: chollo (es) m, ganga (es) f
- Swedish: fynd (sv) n
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: kelepir (tr), okazyon (tr)
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thing stipulated or purchased
Verb
bargain (third-person singular simple present bargains, present participle bargaining, simple past and past participle bargained)
- (intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate
They had to bargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug.
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):So worthless peasants bargain for their wives.
United we bargain, divided we beg
- (transitive) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade
Derived terms
Translations
to make a bargain
- Bulgarian: спазарявам се (spazarjavam se)
- Catalan: negociar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 殺價/杀价 (saat3 gaa3)
- Mandarin: 議價/议价 (zh) (yìjià), 侃價/侃价 (zh) (kǎnjià), 砍价 (zh) (kǎnjià)
- Dutch: onderhandelen (nl)
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: tehdä kauppa
- French: marchander (fr), s’accorder (fr), s’arranger (fr)
- German: feilschen (de), markten (de) (archaic)
- Hungarian: alkuszik (hu), alkudozik (hu)
- Indonesian: tawar (id), menawar (id)
- Italian: mercanteggiare (it), trattare (it), contrattare (it), negoziare (it)
- Japanese: 値切る (ねぎる, negiru)
- Khmer: ដេញថ្លៃ (dəɲ tlay), វាយថ្លៃទំនិញ (viey tlay tumnɨɲ)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Lao: ຕໍ່ (tǭ)
- Latin: pāciscor, instipulor
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norman: bardgîngni
- Portuguese: barganhar (pt)
- Russian: заключа́ть сде́лку impf (zaključátʹ sdélku), заключи́ть сде́лку pf (zaključítʹ sdélku)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: цењкати, погађати, ценкати
- Roman: cenjkati, pogađati (sh), cenkati
- Slovene: barantáti impf
- Spanish: regatear (es)
- Swedish: förhandla (sv), köpslå (sv)
- Tagalog: tumawad
- Telugu: బేరమాడు (te) (bēramāḍu), బేరముచేయు (bēramucēyu)
- Thai: ต่อนัดต่อแนง (dtòrnátdtòrnaeng), ต่อตาม (dtòr dtaam)
- Tibetan: གོང་བསྒྲིགས (gong bsgrigs), རིན་པ་སྒྲིགས (rin pa sgrigs)
- Turkish: pazarlık yapmak
- Welsh: bargeinio (cy)
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See also
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
bargain
- Alternative form of bargayne
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
bargain m
- genitive singular of bargan
- nominative plural of bargan